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August 4, 2021

Ohio House Primary: Shontel Brown Defeats Nina Turner
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In election news, Shontel Brown has defeated Nina Turner, Bernie
Sanders's former campaign co-chair, in a closely watched special
Democratic primary to fill the seat of Marcia Fudge in Ohio's 11th
Congressional District. Brown is the chair of the Cuyahoga County
Democratic Party. She had received the backing of many establishment
Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and Congressmember James Clyburn,
as well as the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC, which spent hundreds
of thousands of dollars on the race. Turner was endorsed by Sanders,
Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives. In a
statement Tuesday night, Turner said, "We didn't lose this race - the
evil money manipulated and maligned this election."

In Ohio's 15th Congressional District, the Trump-backed coal lobbyist
Mike Carey won the Republican primary, defeating 10 other candidates.