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Ohio GOP congressional candidate vowed teachers' unions can 'go to hell'

Tiffinohio · May 11, 2026

Days after winning the GOP primary on National Teacher Day, Carey Coleman heads into the OH-13 race with on-camera comments telling teachers' unions to "go to hell" — a stance pointed at the 91.7% of Ohio public school teachers who belong to one.

Carey Coleman won the Republican primary for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District on May 5 — National Teacher Day — and the newly minted GOP nominee is heading into the general election with on-camera comments telling teachers’ unions to “go to hell.”

Coleman, a former WNIR-FM talk radio host and former Cleveland-market television meteorologist, took 47.3% of the vote in a five-way primary, defeating Leetonia Mayor Kevin Siembida, businesswoman Margaret Briem, businessman Neil Patel and medical school graduate Sanjin Drakovac. He will face two-term incumbent Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) in the Nov. 3 general election.

A recording from Coleman’s campaign launch event, reviewed by TiffinOhio.net, captured him saying he wanted “to make damn sure if …