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A Republican candidate’s leaked comments about Donald Trump has turned a northwest Ohio primary race into a three-way dogfight. After GOP candidate Craig Riedel’s recorded comments about Trump – he called him “arrogant” and criticized his name-calling – were leaked to right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Republican Party officials recruited state Rep. Derek Merrin to prevent MAGA superfan J.R. Majewski from winning the primary to face longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, reported The Daily Beast. “It’s a bit of a debacle in terms of recruitment, because I think J.R. would have lost head-to-head…

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