Just last month, he named an Ohio director, an experienced state operative, Bob Paduchik, who ran Portman's 2010 campaign. CLEVELAND (AP) " Ohio Republican Sen. "If you can't speak to everybody, you can't win statewide," said Ohio Republican consultant Jai Chabria, until recently a top aide to GOP Gov. Trump came in second in the state's GOP primary to Kasich, and Kasich has yet to back Trump, citing his former rival's divisive rhetoric and positions. Ted Strickland, while Trump and Clinton are deadlocked in Ohio.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 18, 2016 07:41 UTC