As expected…Mike DeWine wins Republican primary for Governor. Will be a hotly contested election between him and Richard Cordray. This may be one of the more intense runs for Ohio Governor in some time due to national politics.

DeWine is going to have to be careful about how much Trump love he claims. And that little puzzle means he could suffer from the Trump base if he doesn’t buddy up to Trump. And that will cost him with old time Ohio Republican moderates and independents.

Cordray can bring up how he was run out of the Consumers Protection Bureau due to Trump and what that appears to have resulted in with Trump putting executive
Mick Mulvaney in the job.

DeWine can also play dirty when cornered. Cordray is usually seen as the clean-cut boyish nice guy.

Lots of contrasts in this race.