State Sen. Troy Balderson (R) and businesswoman Melanie Leneghan (R) have received the most political and financial support in the field of 10 Republican candidates. Defending Main Street spent $240,000 on a cable and digital ad buy to support Balderson in April 2018, while Leneghan rounded up endorsements from the House Freedom Caucus and Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-N.C.).

Among the seven Democratic candidates, Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor (D) has been backed by party leaders in the state, including Reps. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio).

so the Democratic candidate is likely Danny O'Connor

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2018/01/franklin_county_recorder_danny.html

hmm

"The 31-year-old Shelby County native has a bachelor's degree in political science from Wright State University and a law degree from Syracuse University. If elected, O'Connor would be younger than any currently serving member of Congress."

unless he has some severe flaws, not a good sign

http://baldersonforcongress.com/

^male R candidate

http://www.sunburynews.com/news/12392/leneghan-joins-crowded-12th-district-house-race?link_id=44&can_id=813ddae1c80ce0cbef5ca4a0133ee456&source=email-morning-digest-our-new-legislative-open-seat-tracker-shows-signs-of-a-2018-democratic-wave-election&email_referrer=email_290761&email_subject=morning-digest-our-new-legislative-open-seat-tracker-shows-signs-of-a-2018-democratic-wave-election

^female R candidate

https://www.predictit.org/Market/4254/Which-party-will-win-the-2018-House-of-Representatives-special-election-in-Ohio%27s-12th-district

lol PredictIt has it at 50/50 right now

"Trivia about the Ohio 12th district: according to Ballotpedia (https://ballotpedia.org/Ohi... the college graduation rate in this district is 37 %, the highest college graduation rate of all 16 Ohio congressional districts by a good margin. For another comparison, the college graduation rate in the Arizona 6th district (yesterday's special election) is 28 %. Why am I posting this - dunno, can't imagine how college graduation rate has anything to do with special elections :-)"

http://i.4cdn.org/pol/1525123304689.png

I wonder what effect this will have

Pretty big

Millenials are major part of the Obama Coalition

Also Bernie's supporters were disportionately White Male Millenials (Bernie Bros)

But according to this poll the majority of them now support the GOP

Rightwing Populist in Europe parties tend to have a lot of young supporters

I don't see why this couldn't also become the case in the US with the GOP becoming more Populist

https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/30/democratic-party-losing-support-of-young-voters-sa/

Oh my god

I just saw this too.

@RoastedAdawg it won't matter, it's just one poll.

They'll get the voters back, if not they'll be replaced by immigrant voters

Voter Registration in WV

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 WV was always a democratic state because of coal miners and industrial workers

It's a Trump state, not a Republican state

It's changed recently of course, but that's the truth.

>Trump state, not a Republican state
One of the few places where this combination is true

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 same with Pennsylvania

Basically the entire Rust Belt except Ohio

Because OH is kinda a toss up

Haha, us thinking we can beat the Democrats

Why is the Republican Establishment not even weakened

It's like they've only grown stronger

McCarthy is in line ahead of Scalise for Speaker~
McConnell is still in charge of the Senate GOP and no one is fighting him

Anyone that does is eliminated

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 Joe Manchin is their only Democrat who's occupied a federal position in WV since 2014.