Ohio State Treasurer and former state representative Robert Sprague held off a grassroots bid from combat veteran and political outsider Marcell Strbich to win the Ohio Republican Secretary of State primary on May 5.
Sprague gained 70.1 percent of the vote compared to 29.9 percent for Strbich, the Associated Press reported at 8:10 p.m.
Sprague will face Rep. Allison Russo, who defeated physician Bryan Hambley in the Democratic primary by a 67.6 percent to 32.4 percent margin at 8:10 p.m. Libertarian Tom Pruss, who was unopposed in the primary, will also be on the ballot in the Nov. 3 general election.
A combat veteran, Strbich deployed five times during the operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was assigned to the Pentagon in 2017. There, he advised the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on technology modernization and weapon system upgrades, he said….