Looks like OH-11 Rep. Shontel Brown has more than made her case to run again in November to Cleveland voters as she handed primary challenger and Bernout Nina Turner a far more embarrassing loss than in last August.
Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, won a rematch Tuesday against Nina Turner, a progressive activist and former state senator who is known nationally for her work on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Democratic presidential campaigns, NBC News projects.
Brown was leading 63.4 percent to 36.6 percent, with 53 percent of precincts reporting at 10:32 p.m. ET.
Brown beat Turner by 5.5 percentage points in a crowded special primary last summer and then easily won the vacant seat in Ohio’s overwhelmingly Democratic 11th Congressional District in the general election. Turner had hoped that new district boundaries, which now include more of Cleveland and the liberal bordering suburb of Lakewood, would be friendlier turf for her.
This year’s battle was quieter, lacking the national establishment-vs.-progressive intrigue that Brown and Turner played into the first time. Brown, who chairs the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, aligned herself closely with President Joe Biden and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, the district’s former representative, whose appointment to the Cabinet opened the seat. Turner co-chaired Sanders’ 2020 campaign against Biden and was on record making an obscene comment about the future president.
After losing last year, Turner decried the influx of what she called “evil money” into the race — a reference to spending by outside organizations and pro-Israel groups that saw Brown as a more reliable ally. Some Jewish leaders found the remark to play into antisemitic stereotypes.
So Turner went from a 5.5 percent loss to a 25+ point loss. Yes, it sure was a great idea to waste all that money going after a primary race for a party that Turner said five years ago that she wanted no part of anymore, wasn't it?
Turner immediately blamed "outside money" for her loss, after fundraising nationally for...outside money using endorsements from Bernie and AOC. Smart!
Anyway, she announced her 2024 effort to primary Joe Biden/run against Kamala Harris which should go even better for her next time.
Right?
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