{"id":34461,"date":"2026-08-09T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34461"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:47:11","slug":"gop-may-be-stuck-with-rep-max-miller-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34461","title":{"rendered":"GOP may be stuck with Rep. Max Miller in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/ihfVZ9OMVF6aKAN24C7alCRL7gg=\/0x313:3000x2000\/1366x768\/2026\/08\/09\/1786254131658.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/02\/max-miller-moreno-abuse-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">Max Miller<\/a> appeared to let a crucial Saturday withdrawal cutoff pass in Ohio&#8217;s 7th Congressional District, effectively closing Republicans&#8217; last practical window to replace the embattled incumbent on the November ballot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> A district that favors Republicans has suddenly become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/04\/ohio-gop-mess-2026-elections\" target=\"_blank\">potential Democratic pickup<\/a> as the GOP fights to preserve its narrow House majority, and <a href=\"https:\/\/codes.ohio.gov\/ohio-revised-code\/section-3513.31\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio law<\/a> gave party leaders no room to replace Miller without his cooperation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>The latest:<\/strong> Miller&#8217;s campaign spokesperson Abigail Angelos told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/08\/us\/politics\/max-miller-ohio-republican.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a> on Saturday that the two-term Republican would stay in the race despite domestic-abuse allegations he denies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miller did not return Axios&#8217; Saturday evening request for comment. On Friday, he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/max-miller-to-loan-campaign-1-million-rejecting-calls-to-withdraw-7d54a0be?eafs_enabled=false\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> he would loan his campaign $1 million.<\/li>\n<li>Miller would <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/max-miller-ohio-congress-domestic-abuse-699cc7d290ca9268eff5ff6c8bfd6314\" target=\"_blank\">have needed<\/a> to formally withdraw from the race Saturday to provide enough time for a required two-day notice before a GOP committee meeting to certify a replacement by Monday at 4pm ET.<\/li>\n<li>The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections <a href=\"https:\/\/boe.cuyahogacounty.gov\/docs\/default-source\/boe\/candidates-page\/candidate-list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> still showed Miller as an active candidate early Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Catch up quick: <\/strong>Miller faces allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio). Miller denies the allegations and has sued his ex-wife for defamation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Miller previously sued ex-girlfriend Stephanie Grisham, a former White House press secretary, after she also accused him of abuse. He denied her claims and dropped the suit under a 2023 settlement. She sued him last month for allegedly violating the terms of that settlement&#8217;s nondisparagement terms.<\/li>\n<li>The House Ethics Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/press-releases\/statement-of-the-chairman-and-ranking-member-of-the-committee-on-ethics-regarding-representative-max-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Tuesday it was investigating whether Miller &#8220;may have engaged in domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use.&#8221; Miller had requested an investigation into himself, but the committee did not say his request triggered the review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State of play: <\/strong>Miller already passed an  Aug. 5 threshold that could have triggered a special-election process for replacing a congressional nominee.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ohio Republicans&#8217; last chance to replace him required he drop out and allow a committee made up of party officials to select his replacement before Monday at 4pm ET.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What he&#8217;s said: <\/strong>Last week, Miller announced he wouldn&#8217;t drop out in a video that brought even greater attention to the allegations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He also released a curated dump of documents, photos and recordings. The files repeatedly named his young daughter and disclosed his ex-wife&#8217;s home address, and his attorney later apologized for failing to remove a sensitive image.<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Moreno, his former father-in-law, has called on Miller to leave Congress, saying Miller endangers his daughter and granddaughter and isn&#8217;t fit to serve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Between the lines:<\/strong> Miller faces Democrat Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker, in November.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump carried the district by about 11 points in 2024, 10 points in 2020 and 12 points in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to watch: <\/strong>The formal Monday certification deadline remains on the calendar, but unless Miller filed a timely withdrawal and the required committee notice was given, Republicans have no apparent way to certify a replacement based on his withdrawal.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Max Miller appeared to let a crucial Saturday withdrawal cutoff pass in Ohio&#8217;s 7th Congressional District, effectively closing Republicans&#8217; last practical window to replace the embattled incumbent on the November ballot. Why it matters: A district that favors Republicans has suddenly become a potential Democratic pickup as the GOP fights to preserve its narrow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/ihfVZ9OMVF6aKAN24C7alCRL7gg=\/0x313:3000x2000\/1366x768\/2026\/08\/09\/1786254131658.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}