Tim Ryan looks to overcome Democratic headwinds in Ohio
Ohio has changed since Tim Ryan first ran for Congress in 2002 -- and so have the prospects of a Democrat running in the state.
"The perception of the party," Ryan said bluntly in an interview, "is much different now than it was when I started."
Ryan is the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Ohio, all but certain to win his party's primary on Tuesday against Morgan Harper, an attorney and former senior adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While the Republican race is far murkier -- author J.D. Vance is seen as the front-runner after securing former President Donald Trump's endorsement, but a range of candidates are vying for an upset -- Ryan is preparing to accomplish a markedly more difficult task in November: Running as a Democrat in a red-trending state in a likely difficult election cycle for the party.
For years, Ohio Democrats have looked to assure national party officials that the state is not a lost cause, but elections after elections have complicated that pitch. No Democrat other than Sen. Sherrod Brown has won nonjudicial statewide office in Ohio since 2008, and President Barack Obama, in 2012, was the last Democratic presidential nominee to win Ohio. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden became the first candidate in the last 60 years to win the White House without winning the state.
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