High-stakes GOP congressional primary in Ohio takes voters, Republicans on a roller coaster ride

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The roller coasters at nearby Cedar Point have nothing on the area’s Republican congressional primary.

When Republican J.R. Majewski announced his “(almost) resignation” from the high-stakes northwest Ohio contest this week, it was just the latest turn in the endlessly chaotic GOP effort to oust the longest serving woman in Congress.

Since last year, GOP candidates for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District have left and entered the field on a dime, gaffes have upended candidates, endorsements have hopped from campaign to campaign, and several big-name Republicans — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, pro-Trump superstar Rep. Jim Jordan, and U.S. Sen. JD Vance — are backing three competing campaigns.

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, 77, who’s served in Congress since 1983, is viewed as one of the year’s most vulnerable Democrats — as control of the U.S. House hangs in the balance.

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Majewski, 44, a Trump-aligned “America First” candidate who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.