So, No-Jacket Gym's gonna stick it out in Congress, hey?
Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican and a fierce Trump defender, won't run for the US Senate next year to fill the seat of the retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman, according to a spokesperson for his congressional campaign.
Jordan will instead run for reelection for his US House seat, the spokesperson said.
Jordan's decision leaves what is expected to be a very crowded field of GOP candidates for the primary next year without a clear front-runner. Just some of the possible Republican candidates include J.D. Vance, the author of "Hillbilly Elegy," and Josh Mandel, who dropped out of the 2018 GOP primary race to challenge Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is also seriously eying a Senate bid, along with at least four other Republican members of Congress: Reps. Steve Stivers, Brad Wenstrup, Mike Turner and Warren Davidson.
While it was early in the race and no one candidate was positioned to consolidate Republican voters, Jordan's high-profile as a prominent Trump ally put him as among the most visible GOP candidates.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/jim-jordan-not-running-for-senate/index.html
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Someone with some savvy probably looked over the entirety of Ohio and told Gym he didn't stand much of a chance state-wide.
Here's his totally-not-gerrymandered district map:
Hope they tear each other to shreds during the primary process.
On the Dem side, I have heard Tim Ryan, Nan Whaley (the mayor of Dayton), and also rumors of Amy Acton being interested.
