Shontel Brown defeats Nina Turner in Democratic primary for Ohio House seat

Shontel Brown.
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Shontel Brown defeated Nina Turner on Tuesday in Ohio's 11th Congressional District Democratic primary.

Brown, a Cuyahoga County Council member, was backed by Democratic establishment figures like Hillary Clinton and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.). Turner, a former state senator and co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, was endorsed by progressives, including Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Turner went into the primary with more name recognition, Politico reports, and in May internal campaign polling was showing her with 50 percent of the vote. She has conceded, telling supporters, "On this night, we will not cross the river."

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.