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Ohio’s voters tell Republicans: don’t take us for granted

Ohio’s voters tell Republicans: don’t take us for granted

Ohio’s Republicans tell party leaders: don’t take us for granted

After Democrats flipped a Senate seat and recaptured the governor’s mansion in Ohio, voters say the results send a message to Republicans not to take the state for granted. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou Castro reports from a diner the morning after election day.

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