Republican Max Miller won the GOP primary in Ohio’s newly redrawn Seventh Congressional District by an overwhelming majority Tuesday evening.
Miller, a former aide to former President Donald Trump, was declared the winner in his race with more than 70 percent of the vote and 65 percent of precincts reported as of about 10:30 p.m. EDT, according to a New York Times tabulation.
Miller received an endorsement from Trump in February 2021, early on in Miller’s campaign, after Miller launched a bid to unseat Never Trump Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), one of the ten defectors who voted to impeach Trump over the January 6 riot.
In September, amid a well-funded challenge from Miller, Gonzalez became the first of the Republican impeachment voters to announce he would retire.
Trump celebrated Gonzalez’s exit from Congress at the time, saying, “Good riddance to Anthony, he can…
