JD Vance Campaigns in Ohio's 1st District, Calling It 1 of 10 Most Competitive Races
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Updated · WCPO 9 Cincinnati · Aug 21
JD Vance Campaigns in Ohio's 1st District, Calling It 1 of 10 Most Competitive Races
3 articles · Updated · WCPO 9 Cincinnati · Aug 21
Summary
Price Hill Chili became the capstone of JD Vance’s Ohio swing Friday, where the vice president poured beers, handed out cheese coneys and appeared with Republican House candidate Eric Conroy in Cincinnati.
Middletown anchored the trip politically: at Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works, where his grandfather once worked, Vance promoted the Trump administration’s “America First” economic agenda and campaigned for Republican candidates.
Ohio’s 1st Congressional District was a central target. Vance said redistricting had turned it from difficult Republican terrain into one of the 10 most competitive House races, while attacking incumbent Democrat Greg Landsman.
The visit also carried personal symbolism, marking Vance’s first return to Middletown since campaigning there after becoming Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate; Cincinnati has also closed roads near his home through Sunday.