YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — One week after packing the Mahoning County Republican Party storefront headquarters, to the point that people were spilling out the door to get a chance to hear what he had to say, J.D. Vance squeaked out a victory in the crowded Ohio Republican primary. He will face Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) in this fall’s midterm elections.

Mahoning County Republican Chairman Tom McCabe said the event really showed the energy Vance had harnessed in the final weeks of the primary. “People really started to pull in his direction, and it showed at that event,” he said.