Overview
- Miller publicly lashed out at Sen. Jon Husted during a campaign stop on Tuesday, mocking Husted’s intelligence and saying he has a better chance of winning.
- His ex-wife, Emily Moreno, has accused Miller in court filings of repeated physical abuse, including holding a gun to her head and throwing boiling water, and those allegations are under review by the House Ethics Committee.
- Several Ohio Republican senators had urged Miller to leave Congress and Sen. Bernie Moreno called him “a danger to my daughter,” while Miller continues to deny the allegations.
- GOP-aligned groups, led by the Congressional Leadership Fund’s roughly $5 million commitment and NRCC ad buys, have poured money into Miller’s defense while Democrats have spent nearly $6 million, and forecasters now rate the race a tossup.
- The immediate consequences include a fierce intra-party split and legal uncertainty that could reshape voter choices in the district and affect nearby Ohio GOP Senate contests as outside groups keep spending and the Ethics review proceeds.