Ohio's tight race shows Democrats are ready to do battle everywhere | Ross Barkan

In special election after special election, Democrats have proven they can win or compete aggressively on turf Republicans are used to dominating

The Republican of 2018 is in a very peculiar spot. The man who took the party hostage and rapidly remade it in his own image, Donald Trump, is nothing short of a demi-god to a significant slice of the Republican electorate – buck him and conservatives will rise up to devour you.

Yet Trump is also the millstone who may sink Republicans this fall. In special election after special election, Democrats have proven they can win or compete aggressively on turf Republicans are used to dominating.

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