Rep. Max Miller Stays in the Race. What Will Republicans Do Now?

While both Ohio senators have denounced Miller, the RNC chair says, “We’re gonna support our nominees.”

House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club

Rep. Max Miller will stay running for reelection even as one political oddsmaker downgrades his safely red seat. Tom Williams/AP

Rep. Max Miller will remain on the ballot in Ohio.

Despite calls from several high-profile Republicans in the state and nationally, the embattled congressman is planning to continue his reelection for the House and did not withdraw by the Monday deadline that would have allowed his party to replace him on the midterm ballot.

Even if Miller had suspended his campaign on Monday, the Republican Party would have needed to find a loophole to state law requiring a two-day notice for the party’s committees in the most populous counties in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District to meet to nominate a replacement.