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COLUMBUS, Ohio — (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown beat former state Sen. Nina Turner for the second time since last summer, easily prevailing Tuesday in an Ohio primary billed nationally as a key showdown between the party’s more moderate establishment and its activist progressive wing. A former Democratic Party county chair, Brown has only been in Congress a matter of months but came into the rematch with the power of incumbency. The Cleveland district where Brown and Turner squared off is heavily African American and solidly Democratic, making Brown heavily favored to retain her seat in November’s general election. Its Republican nominee is set to face state Rep. Emilia Sykes, a former Ohio House Democratic leader and a daughter of a powerful political family in the area. Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in the House, is unopposed Tuesday.

Freshman lawmaker Rep. Shontel Brown defending her seat after defeating Nina Turner by about 6 percentage points in a special election in November.

CLEVELAND — Democratic Ohio congresswoman Shontel Brown is again facing progressive activist and former state lawmaker Nina Turner in a primary in Cleveland. The contest will provide another key litmus test of the progressive movement’s Rust Belt clout during congressional primaries in Ohio and Indiana on Tuesday. Two candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump are favored to secure GOP nominations for open House seats elsewhere in Ohio. ___The midterm election season begins in earnest Tuesday with primaries in Indiana and Ohio. Republicans will vote Tuesday to decide a race that’s an early referendum on former President Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP as the midterm primary season kicks into high gear.

Primary elections in Ohio have set the stage for a more competitive phase of the midterm primary season, with closely watched races in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia scheduled for later this month.

Democratic Rep. Shontel Brown is facing progressive activist and former state Sen. Nina Turner for the second time since August. Miller, a former Trump aide, is expected to lock up the Republican nomination in a new district in northeast Ohio. Its Republican nominee is set to face state Rep. Emilia Sykes, a former Ohio House Democratic leader and a daughter of a powerful political family in the area. Another tough congressional race could be coming to Cincinnati in November, when Republican Rep. Steve Chabot will face Democratic Cincinnati City Council member Greg Landsman. Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in the House, is unopposed Tuesday.

President Joe Biden has congratulated Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Ohio for her primary victory over former state Sen. Nina Turner.

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik)“In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.”With those words, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged both the struggles and progress of Black Americans in her lifetime. “Expressing that realization out loud for all of the world to hear, as she is about to take her place as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, was just magnificent,” said Turner. Although her arrival breaks one of the remaining racial barriers in American democracy, many Black Americans still struggle to surmount systemic blocks. Just before Vice President Kamala Harris introduced the president, she gushed over what Jackson’s confirmation will one day mean to her young, Black goddaughter. ___Aaron Morrison writes about race and justice for the AP's Race and Ethnicity team.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime.

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Andrew Harnik)“In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.”With those words, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged both the struggles and progress of Black Americans in her lifetime. “Expressing that realization out loud for all of the world to hear, as she is about to take her place as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, was just magnificent,” said Turner. Although her arrival breaks one of the remaining racial barriers in American democracy, many Black Americans still struggle to surmount systemic blocks. Just before Vice President Kamala Harris introduced the president, she gushed over what Jackson’s confirmation will one day mean to her young, Black goddaughter. ___Aaron Morrison writes about race and justice for the AP's Race and Ethnicity team.

Biden Supreme Court President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris applaud Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Jackson speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court. “Expressing that realization out loud for all of the world to hear, as she is about to take her place as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, was just magnificent,” said Turner. Although her arrival breaks one of the remaining racial barriers in American democracy, many Black Americans still struggle to surmount systemic blocks. “For all of the talk of this historic nomination and now confirmation, I think of them as the true path breakers,” Jackson said. Just before Vice President Kamala Harris introduced the president, she gushed over what Jackson’s confirmation will one day mean to her young, Black goddaughter.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson had to endure hours of public scrutiny from skeptics during her Senate hearings this past week, and that's something familiar to many Black women.

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Two vacant Ohio congressional seats have been filled after Republican Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist from Columbus, and Democrat Shontel Brown, a Democratic Party leader from Cleveland, were sworn into the House.

Republican coal lobbyist Mike Carey has defeated a two-term state lawmaker to win an open U.S. House seat in central Ohio, while Democrat Shontel Brown coasted to victory in a second up-for-grabs congressional district in the Cleveland area.

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The conventional wisdom about the Ohio 11th congressional district Democratic primary was always wrong. After Marcia Fudge vacated the seat to […] The post Why Nina Turner, the real ‘establishment,’ lost Ohio Democratic primary race appeared first on TheGrio.

Shontel Brown defeats Nina Turner in Democratic primary for Ohio House seat

Election 2021 Ohio House This undated photo provided by Shontel Brown for Congress, shows Democrat Shontel Brown. Brown has defeated progressive Nina Turner in the primary for an open U.S. House seat in northeast Ohio. The political newcomer Carey defeated a crowd of other candidates, including some with establishment backing and experience in state politics. He’ll take on Democratic state Rep. Allison Russo, a health policy consultant who won the Democratic nomination, in the GOP-leaning Columbus-area district. Bob Peterson and Stephanie Kunze and former state Rep. Ron Hood.

Brown's victory in the Cleveland area primary marks a victory for more moderate Democrats in the closely watched contest.

One tests the power of former President Trump's endorsement, while the other pits progressive and establishment Democratic factions against each other.

Two special elections in Ohio are potential bellwethers of how far left Democrats will turn, and how much power Trump wields in the Republican Party.

Mike Carey, a Donald Trump-backed coal lobbyist, topped Republicans in central Ohio, while Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown scored a victory for the Democratic establishment in Cleveland, in two primary elections for open House seats Tuesday.

The race pits Nina Turner, an ally of Bernie Sanders and the so-called Squad, against Shontel Brown, who has endorsements from Hillary Clinton and James Clyburn. The contest could be close.

High-profile endorsers — Sen. Bernie Sanders for Nina Turner, Rep. James Clyburn for Shontel Brown — are campaigning in the 11th District ahead of Tuesday's special election primary.

The progressive advocacy group Our Revolution is rebranding now that Bernie Sanders is no longer the undisputed leader of the left.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she wants to “abolish” the U.S. carceral system during a campaign event for Ohio congressional candidate Nina Turner on Saturday.

In Ohio's 11th Congressional District, the two main candidates are Nina Turner and Shontel Brown. It's a local race, but it can also be seen as a microcosm of the national Democratic Party.

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — Nina Turner had just belted out a short address to God’s Tabernacle of Faith Church in the cadences and tremulous volumes of a preacher when the Rev. Timothy Eppinger called on the whole congregation to lay hands on the woman seeking the House seat of greater Cleveland. “She’s gone through hell and high water,” the pastor said to nods and assents. “This is her season to live, and not to die.” On Aug. 3, the voters of Ohio’s 11th District will render that judgment and

The Aug. 3 primary is shaping up as one of the final tests this year for progressives, who have faced setbacks in other races, including Democratic primaries for Virginia governor and New York mayor. The winner of the primary in the solidly blue district will likely cruise to victory in November's general election. But the hard-fought presidential primary between Biden and Sanders has left some lingering resentments. The advocacy group Democratic Majority for Israel has produced ads seizing on Turner once likening supporting Biden to being forced to eat excrement. She’s also aired TV ads promoting her past work as the Ohio Democratic Party engagement chair.

A Democratic congressional primary in Ohio has emerged as a test for progressives.

Amid relentless sunshine and intensifying humidity, Nina Turner led a small procession of voters last week to a polling place on Cleveland’s east side, guiding the group down a long block to the crosswalk even though darting across the street would have been easier. Turner built a national reputation as a leading voice for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns, bringing crowds in packed auditoriums to their feet with rousing calls for universal health care and bold action to combat climate change. “Something I can add, whether mainline Democrats get this or not, is I can speak the language of people from all walks of life,” Turner said in an interview.

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Within hours, politicians of both parties began to signal their interest in the 2022 race for his seat. Highest on the list of people to watch is Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, a close ally of former President Trump. Republican Congressman Steve Stivers is also considering running for the Senate seat, according to someone familiar with his thinking. Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer, said in a statement that he would "very seriously" consider a Senate run. Cook Political Report rated the Ohio Senate contest "solid Republican" when Portman was on the ticket, but it has now edged the race a little toward Democrats, now rating it "lean Republican."

Within hours, politicians of both parties began to signal their interest in the 2022 race for his seat. Highest on the list of people to watch is Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, a close ally of former President Trump. Republican Congressman Steve Stivers is also considering running for the Senate seat, according to someone familiar with his thinking. Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer, said in a statement that he would "very seriously" consider a Senate run. Cook Political Report rated the Ohio Senate contest "solid Republican" when Portman was on the ticket, but it has now edged the race a little toward Democrats, now rating it "lean Republican."

During a contentious campaign against Trump, Biden made explicit appeals for the support of Black voters. Black voters powered Biden's successful campaign, particularly in critical states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. Nine in 10 Black voters nationwide supported him, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters across the country. White voters, who made up roughly three-quarters of the electorate, were more likely to support Trump, 55% vs. 43% for Biden. In 2016, a coalition composed largely of white voters powered Trump’s win over then-challenger Hillary Clinton.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to media as he arrives at New Castle Airport, in New Castle, Del., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, as he returns Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON – Since Joe Biden ran away with the Democratic presidential nomination in March, leading progressives have accepted him — sometimes grudgingly — as their party's leader. But, in the final weeks of the campaign, the Supreme Court vacancy is threatening to inflame old divides. The Constitution doesn't mandate the number of Supreme Court justices, which has changed over time. “Voting for Joe Biden is not about whether you agree with him. “This is not just an election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden," Sanders said.

Protestors march around the building after a rally with Bernie2020 campaign co-chair Sen. Nina Turner to protest the the imminent closure of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA on July 11, 2019. It has been identified as a potential pop-up hospital to hold COVID-19 patients in quarantine and recovery during the coronavirus outbreak. Freedman then asked that the city lease the building for 12 months before demanding the city pay for a six-month lease, Abernathy said. We're going to continue to work with the city," Singer said. Hahnemann operated in Philadelphia for nearly 170 years and had nearly 500 hospital beds at one point.

Win McNamee | Getty ImagesFormer New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg ratcheted up his criticism of Sen. Bernie Sanders before the debate. - Calia8:10 pm: Sanders supporters razz BloombergA woman sitting near the front of the Bernie Sanders campaign watch party flipped Bloomberg the middle finger when he responded. The lineup as seen on your TV/computer/phone screen, left to right: Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Warren, Sanders, Biden, Klobuchar and Steyer. - Mike Calia7:39 pm: Live from the Sanders debate watch partyThe event is being hosted in a fancy food court with Filipino, Mexican, deli and burger options. - Yelena Dzhanova7:04 pm: All eyes on BernieDemocratic presidential contenders are facing what could be their last chance to halt an ascendant Sen. Bernie Sanders during the presidential debate in South Carolina on Tuesday.

Bernie Sanders is replacing his state director in the critical early-voting state of South Carolina. Sanders’ presidential campaign tells The Associated Press that Jessica Bright now heads the campaign in South Carolina. Bright had been Sanders' deputy state director and previously was political director for Democrat Joe Cunningham's upset win in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District last year. Bright replaces Kwadjo Campbell, a former member of the Charleston City Council. Sanders’ campaign co-chair Nina Turner tells The Associated Press that, "Campaigns aren't for everybody, and we wish him well."

"These little kids aren't forgotten about and can go back to school with their heads held high not feeling lesser than because they don't have some of those extra things," Hill said. Hill said she the event wouldn't have happened without the help of community stakeholders. A1 Orange donated 6,000 socks and undergarments for kids to have and Second Harvest Food Bank sent food home with families. "I cannot do this without great support for community stakeholders," Hill said. "Transitioning through jobs and other personal things on top of that; it's a really big help to me."