Ohio Democrats mock JD Vance as elitist as uphill November Senate fight opens

J.D. Vance’s big win in the Ohio Republican Senate primary could signal the formerly swing state’s rightward shift, and his Democratic opponents are taking a few pages out of Vance’s anti-elitist playbook as he gears up for the fight.

Voter turnout in Tuesday’s primary was almost double for Republicans than Democrats, with over a million people voting for one of the candidates in the crowded GOP contest, which Vance won by a commanding 10-point margin, according to the Associated Press’s projection. The Democrat primary, albeit lower-profile, only drew about 510,000 voters.