The campaign for Derek Myers, an Ohio Republican candidate competing in the Tuesday primary for Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District, accidentally issued a concession statement hours before polls closed in the Buckeye State.
“Tonight did not go as we had hoped,” read the start of the erroneous release, which was sent just after 3 p.m. EDT — with polls in Ohio open until 7:30 p.m.
A subsequent release from Myers’s team quickly retracted the announcement, saying ...