Taylor, Wilson, Miller respectively win 2nd, 4th and 15th US House primaries, AP says

David Taylor, Tamie Wilson and Adam Miller are, respectively, the unofficial winners of the 2nd, 4th and 15th Ohio Congressional District primary races in central Ohio, according to the Associated Press.

In the 2nd Congressional District, Taylor was winning the GOP nomination with 26% of votes with 97% of precincts reporting. His closest challengers among the 10 other Republicans, Tim O'Hara and Larry Kidd, were trailing by 21% and 19%, respectively, the AP reported.

In the 4th Congressional District, Wilson was beating fellow Democrat Steve Thomas, 69, of Powell, by 63% to 37% with 92% of precincts reporting, according to the Ohio Secretary of State's website.

In the 15th Congressional District, Miller was beating his Democratic challenger Zerqa Abid by 64% to 36% with 83% of precincts reporting.

Here s background on each of the three congressional races involving one or more central Ohio counties:

15th Congressional District

In Ohio's 15th Congressional District, Miller did not seek reelection to his Ohio House 6th District seat to run for the Democratic nomination against Abid, a community activist.

Miller will go on to face unopposed incumbent Republican Mike Carey in November. In central Ohio, the district includes Columbus' Downtown, Franklinton, West Side and South Side, as well as southern Franklin County, east to Canal Winchester, and all of Madison County.

Miller, of Columbus' Far West Side, was a public school teacher, administrator, and U.S. Army Reserve colonel who said he is running for Congress to help it get back to its roots of solving problems. He said he wants to prioritize mental health and addiction services in the 15th District and address the mental health needs of veterans.

Abid, who had never run for public office before, said that she was running for Congress because she wanted to be where the country's major policy decisions are made in order to help the most vulnerable. Win or lose, she planned to continue her work addressing domestic violence, gun violence and addiction.

4th Congressional District

In the 4th Congressional District, AP projected winner Wilson, a resident of the Delaware County portion of Westerville, will go on to challenge incumbent Republican Jim Jordan in November. The district includes a large portion of Delaware County and all of Union County in central Ohio, as well as other counties to the north and west.

In a phone call with the Dispatch, Wilson said she is "happy and honored" that the people of the 4th District chose her to represent them, and that she is feeling optimistic about her November rematch against Jordan.

"I've been working hard for three years, I've been here on the ground, working," said Wilson.

Wilson has run for the 4th Congressional District seat previously.  She defeated Jeffrey Sites in the May 2022 Democratic primary by 644 votes, according to Ballotpedia. In the November 2022 general election, she received a little over 30% of the votes in a lopsided loss to Jordan in a Republican-majority district.

Wilson said she was running for the seat in order to again challenge Jordan in the general election. Citing Jordan's controversial track record, Wilson has said that Jordan is a person of "low character" who "doesn't do anything for anyone except for Trump."

Wilson says that this election will be different because she has more name exposure in the district compared to her last bid and because she has taken the time to be involved in the community and can better empathize with its struggles. She is relying on her commonsense campaign strategies to win over voters from across the political spectrum.

Thomas, 69, said he was running to bring economic development to the 4th District. The tech entrepreneur said that Jordan is not properly representing the district's interests.

2nd Congressional District

In a crowded Ohio's 2nd Congressional District race, Taylor won out over 10 other Republicans seeking their party's nomination for the seat currently held by GOP incumbent Brad Wenstrup, who is retiring.

Taylor will now face unopposed Democrat Samantha Meadows in November. The massive district includes Pickaway County in central Ohio, then goes south through Ross County (Chillicothe) to the Ohio River, east to where the river borders the northern West Virginia panhandle, and west to Cincinnati's eastern suburbs.

3rd and 12th Congressional Districts uncontested in primary; incumbents will face challengers in November

In the 3rd Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Joyce Beatty was unopposed in the primary, as was Michael Young for the Republican nomination. The two will face off in November to represent the district, which is located entirely in Franklin County and includes most of the city of Columbus as well as other cities like Gahanna, Reynoldsburg, New Albany, Westerville, Worthington and Whitehall.

In the 12th Congressional District, Republican incumbent Troy Balderson, of Zanesville, was unopposed in the primary as was his Democratic challenger, Jerrad Christian. The two will compete in the November general election to represent the district, which in central Ohio includes the eastern half of Delaware County and all of Licking and Fairfield counties but goes all the way to Athens.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Election results for Ohio 2nd, 4th, 15th Congressional districts