Here comes the red wave.
J.D. Vance has taken the lead over his Democratic opponent in Ohio’s Senate race since debating him earlier this month, according to the latest polling.
The Republican political outsider faced Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) in a pair of debates held on October 10 and 17, and since then Vance’s poll numbers have seen a bump.
Vance is up by 4.1% over Ryan in a Cygnal poll, beyond the poll’s 2.58% margin of error. The poll was conducted from October 14-18 and surveyed nearly 1,500 likely voters in Ohio.
Ryan still leads by about 8% among Independents, but his popularity among those voters is not enough to put him in the lead.
Notably, Vance leads by a huge margin among Ohio voters who have an unfavorable view of President Joe Biden, 72% to 19%.