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Chris McGreal in Dayton, Ohio

Democrat Tim Ryan is running against his own party – it could help him win

Tim Ryan talks to voters.
Tim Ryan does not have the enthusiastic backing of leading Democrats, but the outcome of his race could decide control of the Senate. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Tim Ryan stood in the middle of the electrical workers union hall, facing the signs declaring he puts “Workers First”, and prepared to call for a revolution of sorts.

But this was Dayton, Ohio, where patriotism and religion are largely unquestioned even if political loyalties are fluid. So first came the national anthem and then the prayers.

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