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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Republicans seeking to oust Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens after a bitter, two-year-long rivalry have failed, according to the initial results from the Secretary of State's website and analyzed by News 5.
Related: Analysis: How GOP infighting is causing messy primaries, but the speaker could keep the gavel Twenty-two Republicans and 32 Democrats voted for Stephens for speaker during the actual vote, while the majority of Republicans voted for Merrin. Stephens, still a conservative, is significantly more moderate than Merrin.
Trau found that if the allies of the speaker had lost their jobs, that could make the statehouse significantly more conservative. Click or tap here to find out why.
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