Democrat Brian Poindexter Defeats Rep. Max Miller, Who Faces Domestic Abuse Allegations

Democrat Brian Poindexter, a union worker and local councilman, has beaten out Republican Rep. Max Miller in the race for Ohio’s seventh congressional district in a race that became dominated by domestic abuse allegations against the incumbent. The AP called the race shortly before 1:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday.Miller’s defeat comes after domestic abuse allegations, which he denies, shook his campaign, spurring Democrats to invest more in Poindexter’s bid despite President Donald Trump winning the district by 11 points in 2024.Poindexter, 46, is an iron worker and member of the Brook Park City Council. He centered his campaign around targeting the kind of working-class voters he grew up around in a suburb near Cleveland’s airport. Much of his campaign platform centered around lowering the minimum age to qualify for Medicare, regulating data centers, and limiting funding for the war in Iran.“I’m not in this to carry the flag for the Democratic Party,” he said in August. “I’m in this to flip a seat for working families.”The tight House race received national attention over the controversy surrounding allegations against Miller. Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, had accused Miller of domest...