Ohio's most popular midterm Republican says his party needs to refocus its message into a constructive appeal to voters if the GOP hopes to regain the ground it lost on Election Day.
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose won his race to become Ohio State Auditor on Tuesday night, securing over 2.3 million votes, a total that easily eclipsed any other statewide Republican candidate.
Gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy secured just over 2 million votes in his race, and Sen. Jon Husted secured just under 2.1 million votes in his bid for re-election.
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"There are, of course, cycles to American politics, but also I think we as a party need to focus on what we're for, not just what we're against," LaRose told Fox News Digital in an interview.
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"I mean, we know what we're against.
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The other side has a bunch of crazy ideas that are dangerous for the future of our states and our nation, but we need to get back to talking about what we're for.
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We're the party that stands for human freedom, that idea that we're endowed by our Creator with rights, those don't come from government.
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"Protecting human freedom, protecting free market principles that people can prosper by, you know, the sweat of their own brow and working hard to build a business, those are really kind of the bread and butter conservative issues that drove me to become a Republican when I first started thinking about politics as a young man myself," he continued.
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LaRose went on to point to Ohio Issue 3, a ballot measure requiring Ohio voters to present voter ID when casting their ballots.
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The overwhelmingly Republican-backed measure sailed through Tuesday's election with over 65% of the vote, even as Republican candidates struggled.
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LaRose argued that the measure presents a warning to the midterm election's victorious Democrats that Republican policies remain popular even if candidates fail in their messaging.
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"Candidly, I wish more conservatives had showed up to vote yesterday, and I think the outcome might have come out a little different.
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But even among most people that consider themselves Democrats in Ohio, it doesn't compare to Democrats on the coast, right?
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The East Coast and the West Coast is more of that kind of, you know, woke DEI cuckoo wing of the party.
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But even in Ohio, most Democrats are pretty common sense people, and of course, showing your ID to vote is common sense," LaRose said.
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"Let this be a message to my friends from the other side of the aisle that won their elections in Ohio.
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Remember that Ohio is not a far left state when it comes to common sense kind of things," he added.
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"Govern like a Midwestern Democrat and maybe you'll be all right, but if you govern like a coastal Democrat, then I think your time in office is going to be short."
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As Ohio's secretary of state, LaRose had a front-row seat as election tallies started mounting.
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He said it became clear with around 60% of the vote tallied that Republicans were not going to have a good night.
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Nevertheless, he thanked Ohio's 40,000 election workers for their professionalism throughout the election process.
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LaRose has served as Ohio's elections chief for eight years, and he says his move to state auditor will allow him to keep Ohio's politicians accountable for their spending.
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"When they waste your money, we're going to make them infamous, and when they steal your money, we're going to lock them up," he said.
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