Republican kills governor bid over fears 'family squabble' would tear apart GOP

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the suspension of his gubernatorial campaign in an email to supporters on Friday.

Yost said he has enjoyed traveling around the state engaging with Ohioans in his bid to succeed term-limited Governor Mike DeWine, but “it is also apparent that a steep climb to the nomination for governor has become a vertical cliff.”

“I do not wish to divide my political party or my state with a quixotic battle over the small differences between my vision and that of my opponent,” Yost wrote...