INTERVIEW: Eric Conroy has a plan to go from the CIA to Congress in a Trump-won district
Ohio is poised to see hundreds of millions of dollars in outside spending in the 2026 midterms, including in the recently-redrawn 1st District, which is home to both downtown Cincinnati and to Vice President JD Vance.
Eric Conroy, the GOP’s new nominee to challenge Rep. Greg Landsman (D., Ohio), will have a firsthand view as the Republican Party’s nominee to challenge Landsman. During his primary, he got a boost towards the home stretch from President Donald Trump, whose endorsement of Conroy helped lead to one of his primary opponents dropping out before the election.
“Eric Conroy is one of the strongest Republican Candidates in the Country, whereas the current Congressman, Greg Landsman, is a weak Radical Left Democrat, who puts our Country, and Safety, LAST,” Trump wrote in his endorsement. “Eric, on the other hand, will ALWAYS put Ohio, and America, FIRST.”
Trump, Conroy told the Washington Reporter in an interview, is “the leader of the Republican Party, and his ability to rally t…