Who are the Republican National Convention delegates from Cincinnati?
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Who are the Republican National Convention delegates from Cincinnati?

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Ohio Republicans will soon head to Milwaukee to nominate Donald Trump for president.

The Trump campaign has endorsed 79 delegates and 68 replacement delegates statewide, representing a mix of Republican Party members, from established politicians such as Gov. Mike DeWine to newcomers who have embraced Trump, according to a list obtained by the Ohio secretary of state.

From the Cincinnati area, those making the trip to nominate Trump include:

They will join 2,400 GOP delegates who will gather in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention on July 15. Each of Ohio’s 15 congressional districts will send three delegates and three replacement delegates, in addition to the 34 elected delegates.

Here are some of the people from the region who are nominating Trump.

Trump Decides Who Will Go to Republican National Convention

The Trump campaign approved delegates under Ohio Republican Party rules. Three members of the Ohio Republican National Committee are automatically eligible to go to the convention as delegates: Ohio GOP Chairman and Green Township Republican Alex Triantafilou, Ohio National Committee member Jim Dicke and former Ohio GOP Chairwoman Jane Timken. Trump won the Ohio primary with 79% of the vote. The winner of the Ohio primary receives all of the state’s delegates.

The former Clermont County Republican Party chairman took a call

Greg Simpson, a Milford Republican, said he got a call from former Ohio GOP chairman and former Trump campaign adviser Bob Paduchik, asking if he would like to be a delegate. Simpson, a former Clermont County Republican chairman, is one of three from Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District who are running.

He said he expected Trump’s nomination to go smoothly despite his recent conviction on all counts in a New York bribery criminal trial.

“I’m sure some people will take that into consideration,” Simpson said. “I like him better than Biden. I just think about the two candidates, his business background sets him apart. The country is too heavily run by career politicians.”

Sheriff Jones: ‘I’ll be right in the middle of it all’

Another local delegate has become a common sight on national television and at Trump rallies.

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones will be one of three delegates to the Republican National Convention representing Ohio’s 8th Congressional District. You may have seen Jones, sporting a cowboy hat and a white mustache, on cable news, denouncing illegal immigration and calling for tough border controls.

The convention will be a new experience for Jones.

“I’ve never been to a convention, but I hear they’re pretty exciting,” Jones told The Enquirer. “I imagine there’ll be protests outside the building. There’ll be threats. I’ll be in the middle of it all, but I’m the sheriff, so I should be used to that.”

Jones is no stranger to Trump. He fired up the crowd in 2016 when Trump spoke at U.S. Bank Arena. He has visited the White House three times during Trump’s presidency, Jones said. Trump’s conviction in the bribery trial only helps his campaign, and Trump will emerge from the convention with a boost, Jones said.

“You have to ignite your base,” Jones said. “I think they will ignite their base. I think the Republican Party will ignite.”

2nd Congressional District Election Meeting

After winning a close congressional primary, concrete contractor and Republican Amelia David Taylor will head to Milwaukee to nominate Trump, as will the three Republican opponents he defeated in the primaries.

Nearly all of the 10 Republicans running for the 2nd Congressional District seat east of Cincinnati supported Trump.

Taylor won with a campaign that featured ads depicting him standing behind a bulldozer and saying, “I know a thing or two about building walls.”

Also at the convention will be three Republicans he defeated in the primary: state Sen. Niraj Antani, a Republican from Miamisburg near Dayton, Bethel Republican Tim O’Hara and alternate delegate Larry Kidd, a Republican from Jackson County in southeastern Ohio.

Taylor will be the odds-on favorite in November to win Ohio’s No. 2 congressional seat, a district Trump won 3-to-1 in 2020. The seat is being vacated by Rep. Brad Wenstrup, who is retiring. The district includes suburbs east of Cincinnati in Clermont County and stretches east through farmland, industrial cities and the Appalachian foothills along the Ohio River.

Wenstrup will not attend the RNC convention due to a “conflicting family obligation,” according to a spokesperson for the incumbent congressman’s office.

Two state legislators who survived primary challenges head to Milwaukee

After facing challenges in their own party primaries, two state legislators will head to Milwaukee as Ohio delegates: Rep. Cindy Abrams, a Republican from Harrison who has represented western Hamilton County in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2019, and Ohio Sen. George Lang, a Republican from West Chester who has served in the Ohio Senate since 2020.

Abrams was one of 22 Republicans who drew a Republican opponent in the primary for endorsing Rep. Jason Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, for House speaker over Rep. Derek Merrin. Critics dubbed the 22 Republicans the “Blue 22” because they joined 32 Democrats to vote for Stephens. The vote divided Republican lawmakers and drew a rebuke from the Ohio Republican Party, which voted to censure them.

Abrams defeated Republican George Brunemann with 59% of the vote in March.

Lang in March defeated two Republican candidates, Middletown Republican Mark Morgan and former state Rep. Candice Keller.

Local Republican Party Leadership Supports Trump

Local GOP leadership will also be traveling to the Republican National Convention as delegates and alternates. Hamilton County GOP Chairman Russ Mock is an alternate. Honorary Chairwoman and Hamilton County Republican Party Executive Committee Member Diane Cunningham Redden is a delegate representing the 1st Congressional District. Chip Gerhardt, a Republican strategist from Anderson Township who is a member of the Hamilton County Board of Elections, is a delegate at large.

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