Liz Cheney backs second Democrat, picking Ryan over Vance for Ohio Senate
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#65C2N)
Leading anti-Trump Republican has already endorsed Democrat Elissa Slotkin for re-election in Michigan
The Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney has now endorsed two Democrats for election in the midterms next week, backing Tim Ryan in his Ohio US Senate race against JD Vance after endorsing Elissa Slotkin for re-election to the US House in Michigan.
In Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, Cheney told the journalist Judy Woodruff she backed Ryan, currently a Democratic congressman, over Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist who abandoned criticism of Donald Trump in order to publicly embrace him.
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