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DeWine had earlier resisted calls to repeal H.B. 6, but changed his mind on July 23, stating: "No matter how good this policy is, the process by which this bill was passed is simply not acceptable. That process, I believe, has forever tainted the bill and now the law itself." DeWine urged the House
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deal for the Browns' stadium, known as FirstEnergy
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to win the state in the 2020 presidential election. Biden ultimately lost Ohio to
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