Republican House candidate looking to flip Ohio seat says there’s an ‘upswell’ for change

Two weeks before Election Day, Republican Eric Conroy appeared on Meet the Press NOW to make his case for taking Ohio's redrawn first congressional district away from Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman. Conroy said he senses a surge of voter appetite for change, and he presented that mood as the foundation of his bid to flip the seat, according to NBC News.

The interview is a small piece of a much larger midterm picture that NBC News has been tracking. Its coverage has included a Cook Political Report decision to shift eleven House contests in the Democrats' direction, even as President Donald Trump keeps traveling to campaign. Another segment looked at six vulnerable Republicans whose races will help determine which party controls the House. A Democratic lawmaker also pointed to Trump and congressional Republicans abandoning a battleground contest in Ohio as an encouraging signal for his party.

Elsewhere in Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton, running for governor, criticized an advertisement built around her estranged mother. Nationally, NBC News also noted that the Justice Department filed suit against California, alleging noncitizens have been voting there.

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