Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan is early supporter in battlefield home races to help beat vulnerable Democrats incumbents, the Daily Call News Foundation has learned.
Jordan, the chairman of the influential House Judiciary Committee, announced his support for Republican candidate Kevin Cofflin on Thursday. Ohio businessman and former senator Cofflin is narrow Lost The 2024 Sykes, and the expected rematch contest, is expected to be the best pick-up opportunity for House Republicans during the mid-term. (Related: Unable to answer why some Democrats want to “vote in US elections”)
“Kevin Cofflin is truly the kind of person you need in the US Congress,” Jordan told DCNF. “We always tell people that this job is complicated. What did you tell the voters you were going to do when you ran? If you were elected, do what you said. That’s what Kevin does. That’s why I’m supporting him.
Cofflin is the only declared Republican candidate in the race so far.
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Ohio’s 13th Congressional District deserves a representative whose back makes America great once again. @eliasekesoh. pic.twitter.com/sfrdg9t9ij
– Kevin Coughlin🇺🇸 (@kevincoughlin) April 9, 2025
Array of other Republican lawmakers including Jordan and speaker Mike Johnson backing Cofflin on his first run with Sykes. He came in about 2 percent points (less than 10,000 votes) that defeated Sykes in November.
Ohio’s 13th Congressional District had the closest presidential election result Of the Congressional districts where former Vice President Kamala Harris, President Donald Trump, is less than a tenth of a point.
Coughlin accused Sykes of prioritizing Democrats before constituents in the Northeast Ohio area at the start of the campaign, announced on April 2.
“On the first day of her second term, she voted to shut down the government and rejected bipartisan efforts to bring NASA headquarters and thousands of jobs to northeast Ohio,” Cofflin said in a statement announcing his candidacy with the DCNF. “We need our community, members of Congress standing with President Trump to fight for safety and provide reliable leadership with real solutions.”
Sykes’ seats are rated as one of 10 “toss-up” districts held by democratic incumbents. According to To an early analysis from the chef’s political report. The seat demographic could change to prefer one party over the other due to the Ohio legislature slated to pursue a second half. Re-partitioning The second half of this year.
The first elected member in 2022 is one of the 26 Democrats in the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) – the campaign division of the House Republicans. I’m looking for it He will be defeated in 2026.
Republican candidate Kevin Cofflin is about to defeat Democrat Ohio Rep. Emilia Sykes in a rematch contest. (Photo: Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
The NRCC launched a digital advertising campaign on Friday targeting Sykes and other House Democrats to vote for the GOP budget blueprint. The resolution unlocks new border patrol funds of up to $175 billion and allows for a permanent extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expiring provisions.
Democrat incumbents recently sparked controversy Make it into shape A joint fundraising committee with Democrat Jasmine Crockett, a left-wing fire truck.
“We encourage all vulnerable House Democrats to lean on Congressman Crockett!” House GOP Leadership Fund alongside the Leadership of the House GOP Leadership. I said In a statement following Sykes’ decision to jointly register his contributions to the campaign with Crockett.
“I am honored to support Rep. Jordan and demonstrate that the Uniform Republicans in Ohio are behind our campaign,” Cofflin told DCNF. “From my time working together in Parliament until today, Jordanian Rep. has been a stable, constructive, conservative voice that is not afraid to establish. We need more principled people who can get things done in Parliament: Jim Jordan.
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