Josh Mandel will face Sherrod Brown for Senate seat

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From the Associated Press:

(AP) — Ohio Republicans have picked a first-term state treasurer as their U.S. Senate nominee and delivered easy victories to a host of GOP congressional incumbents, including House Speaker John Boehner.

Treasurer Josh Mandel easily won a four-way Republican primary Tuesday. He will face Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in November.

Veteran U.S. Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich were jockeying for the lead in a closely watched battle for a newly drawn congressional district linking Toledo and Cleveland along the Lake Erie shoreline. Kaptur had an 8-point lead with a quarter of the votes counted. Joseph “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher was trailing his opponent on the Republican side of the race.

Looks like Senator DeMint and the Senate Conservatives Fund are happy with the outcome:

Senate Conservatives Fund
Fellow Conservatives:

State Treasurer Josh Mandel won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio last night. He received 63% of the vote in a six-way contest. This is a major victory for freedom-loving Americans across the nation.

Josh Mandel was the first candidate endorsed by the Senate Conservatives Fund this election cycle and he’s scored our first primary win.

I wanted to share this exciting news and thank you for everything you’ve done to help Mandel win this critical race. Your early and enthusiastic support helped him raise the resources he needed to get his message out.

Now we begin an eight-month campaign to help Josh Mandel defeat incumbent Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown.

Winning this race won’t be easy. Sherrod Brown has the full backing of extreme environmentalists and union bosses. You can be sure that they will do everything they can to destroy Josh Mandel.

However, I’m confident we can win if we work together to educate independent and swing voters about Sherrod Brown’s liberal record.

You see, Sherrod Brown tries to portray himself in Ohio as a populist politician who fights for blue-collar families, but when he’s in Washington he sides with President Obama 95% of the time.

For example, he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling, supported the Wall Street bailout, and opposed domestic energy exploration in Ohio that would create much-needed jobs.

You can help Josh Mandel defeat Sherrod Brown by contributing to the Senate Conservatives Fund. You can also donate directly to Mandel’s Senate campaign using our website. Mandel gets 100% of your contribution and SCF pays for the processing and handling.

Thank you again for your continued support. Together, we’re going to take our country back.

Respectfully,

Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund
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