Muddled messaging and a fixation on abortion ultimately led to a stunning defeat for Republicans in the battleground state of Ohio Tuesday night.
on the abortion issue, running millions of dollars in advertisements accusing Republicans of hypocrisy and changing the rules to avoid a loss on the abortion issue in November. The August special election notably came after Republicans in the statehouse, including LaRose, advocated for the elimination of August elections, due to their low turnout and unjustifiably high cost. And since the U.S.ruling, abortion has been a losing issue for Republicans nationwide.
Several polls conducted in the state in the lead-up to the August election found most Ohioans in support of abortion rights. In neighboring Michigan last year, voters there voted to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution while, in deep-red Kentucky, voters defeated a similar amendment to ban abortion in the state constitution by a five-point margin.
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