“Suburban women don’t like extremism,” said Katie Paris, founder of Red Wine & Blue, an organization focused on mobilizing suburban women. “Suburban women have been very angry about the overturn of Roe, and we’re seeing in state after state and now even county after county a resounding rejection of attacks on reproductive freedom.”
Ohio’s abortion vote comes just one year before voters head back to the polls for both a presidential and Senate election. Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown is up for re-election next year, but faces a tough bid for a fourth term in a state that has increasingly veered to the right in statewide elections. In 2022, Republicans JD Vance and Mike DeWine won their Senate and gubernatorial races, respectively.
Brown highlighted the difference between his and his opponent’s stances on abortion when asked about his takeaways from Ohio’s Tuesday election.
The election “tells me that Ohioans understand that women and doctors should make that decision, not politicians in Columbus,” Brown said. “All three of my opponents are for a national abortion ban, and they are out of step with the reality in my state.”
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