{"id":14851,"date":"2024-03-20T04:49:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T23:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/republican-congressional-candidate-accidentally-concedes-race-before-polls-close\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T04:49:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T23:19:24","slug":"republican-congressional-candidate-accidentally-concedes-race-before-polls-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/republican-congressional-candidate-accidentally-concedes-race-before-polls-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Congressional Candidate Accidentally Concedes Race Before Polls Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_82\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>GOP congressional candidate Derek Myers (OH) accidentally announced a concession to the Ohio race before polls closed.<\/p>\n<p>Several news outlets received the concession email before Myers clarified the content was sent erroneously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttention Press: My campaign comms team has sent out an email in error as we prepare for both possible outcomes tonight,\u201d Myers wrote on X. \u201cThe polls remain open until 7:30 p.m. Please disregard the email. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attention Press: My campaign comms team has sent out an email in error as we prepare for both possible outcomes tonight. The polls remain open until 7:30 p.m. Please disregard the email. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Myers (@DerekMyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekMyers\/status\/1770171118537572663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He explained that two emails were prepared for the evening, but one was sent in error.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo emails were prepared for this evening: one declaring a victory and one conceding the race,\u201d he said. \u201cThe concession email was sent in error as it was being loaded into the media distribution portal, as a draft, in the event of a loss. Accidentally, the \u2018send now\u2019 button was clicked instead of \u2018draft.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe winning email was also drafted, but was not sent in error, thankfully. Anyone who works in communications knows it\u2019s not uncommon to have speeches and releases prepared in the event of each outcome, especially on such an [important] night. It\u2019s simply good strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the results return this evening, I\u2019ll be thankful for this journey,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd yes, the media will be getting a release sometime after the results roll in, declaring a victory or concession. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two emails were prepared for this evening: one declaring a victory and one conceding the race. The concession email was sent in error as it was being loaded into the media distribution portal, as a draft, in the event of a loss. Accidentally, the \u201csend now\u201d button was clicked\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Myers (@DerekMyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekMyers\/status\/1770178544540520568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Myers is one of 11 GOP candidates in the race for Representative Brad Wenstrup\u2019s district.<\/p>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/republican-congressional-candidate-accidentally-concedes-race-before-polls-close\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP congressional candidate Derek Myers (OH) accidentally announced a concession to the Ohio race before polls closed. Several news outlets received the concession email before Myers clarified the content was sent erroneously. \u201cAttention Press: My campaign comms team has sent out an email in error as we prepare for both possible outcomes tonight,\u201d Myers wrote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}