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Republican Warren Davidson is assured of being western Ohio's congressman for the next seven months, and is likely to be serving for years after that. Davidson handily won Tuesday's special election to succeed former House Speaker John Boehner in the 8th House District.
Temperatures and tempers are likely to run hot as lawmakers return to Washington on Monday for an abbreviated 6-week summertime session featuring a handful of must-do legislation and the roll-out of a House GOP campaign agenda that's a priority for House Speaker Paul Ryan. The spring was a little bumpy for the Wisconsin Republican, yo-yoing between his role as the top elected Republican in the country in the era of Donald Trump and manager of the difficult-to-control House.
The stakes are high even if attention and interest are low in a special election Tuesday to elect the successor to former House Speaker John Boehner in Congress. The 8th House District seat in western Ohio he vacated last year is heavily Republican, and is in a state where districts are all incumbent-friendly.
Nearly 2,000 votes have been cast a week ahead of Ohio's special election to fill the vacancy left by ex-House Speaker John Boehner . Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says 1,922 absentee ballots were cast as of Friday.
Voters in western Ohio will hear from the three candidates vying to succeed John Boehner in Congress at a forum Monday evening. Miami University's event center in downtown Hamilton will host the candidates ahead of a June 7 special election to complete Boehner's term.
Donald Trump has cleared the field of competitors for the Republican nomination but has still not won over one particular, and significant, constituency. Legislators have been curiously resistant to his charms, far more so than those with executive branch experience.