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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden cast the 2022 elections at a heavily publicized rally just outside the Beltway this week as a choice between Democrats who are trying to fix roads and bring down health care costs and extreme Republicans pushing “semi-fascism” and bent on “destroying America.”

President Joe Biden blasted Republicans at a rally of Democrats, but he and his Cabinet have to travel the country to affect the midterms.

J.R. Majewski defeated three other candidates—including two state lawmakers, Rep. Craig Riedel and Sen. Theresa Gavarone—on May 3 to win the Republican nomination for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District. Majewski will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D), first elected in 1982, in the general election on Nov. 8.

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Republican candidates backed by the former president had a good night in Ohio and Indiana primaries Tuesday night. Atop the list is Ohio GOP Senate nominee J.D. Vance.

WASHINGTON — The hold that former President Donald Trump has over the GOP was put to the test Tuesday in the first of a series of weekly primaries in Ohio and Indiana, with results that showed he is still very much a kingmaker, and a potential liability.

Trump-backed author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance won the crowded Ohio Senate primary and will face Rep. Tim Ryan.

Tuesday's top race is in Ohio, where voters are set to pick nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat. Redistricting has also affected some of the state's closely watched House races.

Races will test the strength of endorsements by Trump and Bernie Sanders, and measure how enthusiastic voters are about the midterms.