Republican, Mike Carey, a Trump-backed coal lobbyist, bests a two-term state lawmaker to win an open U.S. House seat in central Ohio…while Democrat, Shontel Brown coasts to victory in a second up-for-grabs congressional district in the Cleveland area. The election results will leave Democrats with a 221-213 advantage over Republicans in Congress, with Brown and Carey each retaining a seat for their respective party. Carey defeated Democratic state Rep. Allison Russo, a public health policy consultant, in the 15th Congressional District, after the most competitive race there in years. The previous officeholder, Republican, Steve Stivers, resigned in April to become CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, after a decade in Congress. Brown won the Cleveland-area House seat, formerly held by Marcia Fudge, who stepped down to become housing and urban development secretary in the Biden administration.