"I'm hoping for a nice showing for him, not a miracle," she said. "I'm realistic."
Ryan carried Mahoning, Trumbull and Summit counties, while Womer Benjamin won Portage County. Traficant trailed in all four counties.
With anger simmering among many in the Mahoning Valley over Traficant's conviction, Republicans had hoped to eke out victory in the three-way race by getting a plurality of the vote. Democrats, who have a strong edge in voter registration in the working-class district, feared Traficant, a nine-term Democratic congressman, would siphon votes from Ryan.
Meanwhile, New Mexico has decided that its idiots may not vote:
- Giving 18-year-olds the right to vote to conform with federal law and remove language excluding "idiots" and "insane persons" from voting; 44 percent Yes; 56 percent No.
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