Wow. His wife must have a really serious illness for him to drop out.
She's just about as ill as FitzGerald's son was when the whole Irish prostitute scandal dropped.
been gone for a bit, and Ohios blown up. My sources confirm Mandel's wife is genuinely ill
That being the case, I genuinely wish him and his family well.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has a nice piece on the state of the race.
TL;DR:
Rep. Renacci (OH-16) is essentially waiting for a phone call -- and endorsement -- from Trump.
Vance is being courted by Mitch McConnell, but seems unlikely to jump in.
Rep. Johnson (OH-06) is likely to jump in if he isn't made House Budget Chairman.
Gibbons is desperately trying to keep anyone with name ID and money from entering.
Sources close to Johnson say he is not running, a name to keep an eye on is State Senator Matt Huffman, who came close to pulling the trigger against mandel, and apparently has a bunch of donors lined up for a senate president bid.
Seems early to say Johnson isn't running, unless they know he's got the Chairmanship.
Tangentially related to Huffman: do you know what happened to Kevin Coughlin?
He was elected clerk of a municipal court in Summit County 2013 and managed to lose to a Democrat in 2015.
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