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Republicans in key battleground county pull no punches in midterm…

Jon Husted is attacking Sherrod Brown's fifty-year political record as Ohio's Senate race tightens over data centers and affordability; the diner, meanwhile, is still short on eggs.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRepublicans in a key Ohio battleground county are heading into the midterm homestretch swinging, and Lola Cruz is live on the ground.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola, how bad is it out there?

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside a diner where campaign volunteers have outnumbered the eggs since four a.m.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentJon Husted's side is going after Sherrod Brown's fifty-year record, and Republicans here keep telling me there's a lot of hope.

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe race is tightening around data centers and affordability.

  6. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI covered ceasefires with less door knocking than this, and I just grabbed a local who has been knocked on three times.

  7. Marvin OyelaranThree times before six a.m. I told the last one I'm undecided, and he stayed twenty minutes. I'm only undecided about the pancakes.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPancakes.

  9. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, that is the most honest swing voter I've interviewed in twenty years.

  10. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm told the data center debate here is also about electric bills, which this man calls his real running mate.

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