WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter this week urging Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission against his ill-advised proposal to ban gas-powered stoves. The letter reads, in part: “Gas stoves have become essential to feed American families. In my home state of Ohio, as many as […]
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Ohio’s J.D. Vance sworn into U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has taken the oath of office and is now officially a member of the United States Senate. Upon Tuesday’s swearing-in, he became the 58th person to serve as U.S. Senator for the state of Ohio. He was joined in Washington by his wife, Usha, their three young children, […]
Vance takes down Ryan in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race
COLUMBUS — J.D. Vance will officially make his debut in politics after final, unofficial totals declared him the winner of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday night. The Associated Press declared Vance the unofficial winner at 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday night, after 92% of state precincts reporting. Vance earned 53.6 percent of the vote across […]
J.D. Vance: A conversation about his campaign for the U.S. Senate
Editor’s Note Our discussion with J.D. Vance, Ohio’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, touched on a variety of issues, using some of the questions developed by author and reporter Amanda Ripley as a way of cutting through conflict with questions that “complicate the narrative.” Ripley’s work is aimed at helping reporters and editors dig beneath people’s […]
