NewzBROOK PARK, Ohio (AP) — Janie Grosjean was torn about voting for embattled Republican Rep. The 75-year-old from Wooster, a historic college town in Miller’s northeast Ohio district, has led an interdenominational women’s Bible study for nearly three decades. She has been alarmed at allegations of domestic abuse against Miller by his ex-wife and more than one ex-girlfriend, leading some of his colleagues in Congress over the summer to say he should step down.
senators, fellow Republicans Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno, Miller’s former father-in-law, said Miller was unfit to serve in Congress. The House has opened an ethics investigation. Despite her reservations, Grosjean voted a straight GOP ticket when it came time to fill out her ballot.
She said the Republican Party is pursuing the “biblically based” platform she wants to support. “I’m very disappointed in the things that have come out, but I went ahead and voted for him, anyway,” she said outside the Wayne County early voting center last week. “That was my decision, because of the background of what the parties believe.” Republicans are counting on party loyalty It’s the kind of response that Miller, 43, and other Republicans are hoping for as they try to hold their majority in the U.S.
House amid deep anxiety over rising costs and the war in Iran. Miller’s has been a safe GOP-leaning district, but it is one Democrats now feel optimistic they can flip. Their candidate is Brian Poindexter, a 46-year-old union ironworker who has attracted a strong following among the many service and manufacturing workers in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District.
“I’ve been able to reach that blue-collar guy, that union guy that Democrats have lost,” Poindexter said recently while wrapping up a campaign appearance focused on high gas prices — across from a Circle K, where unleaded subject to a gas tax holiday was selling for $3.68 per gallon — in Brook Park, the Cleveland suburb where he was a longtime councilman. “I’m overwhelmed that people from all over the political spectrum have decided to jump on board and say, ‘Hey, I want to support this guy.’” Miller defied bipartisan calls in August to step aside and proceeded with his reelection campaign, likening his situation in a CNN interview to the notorious “Access Hollywood” tape that was leaked during Trump’s first run for the White H… Max Miller this year.The 75-year-old from Wooster, a historic college town in Miller's northeast Ohio district, has led an interdenominational women's Bible study for nearly three decades.
The House has opened an ethics investigation.Despite her reservations, Grosjean voted a straight GOP ticket when it came time to fill out her ballot. House amid deep anxiety over rising costs and the war in Iran.Miller's has been a safe GOP-leaning district, but it is one Democrats now feel optimistic they can flip.
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