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State Sen. Troy Balderson has won a special congressional election in Ohio that had remained deadlocked for weeks, keeping the U.S. House seat in Republican hands after a serious challenge from Democrats.
Democrat Danny O'Connor has no plans to concede the special election for the Ohio 12th Congressional District to Republican state Sen. Troy Balderson until all provisional and absentee ballots are counted, his campaign manager tells CNN.
President Donald Trump's visit to central Ohio on Saturday injects him into a high-stakes congressional special election where the Republican candidate finds himself fending off a surging Democratic challenger.
If Danny O'Connor wins the special election here in suburban Columbus this August, it will be on the backs of voters like his fiancé.
