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HBAC #148: Adam Miller OH-15 Democratic Primary candidate
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- The Hilliard Beacon Podcast
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- Apr 14, 2026
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Summary
Last Week, The Audio Companion sat down with our second congressional interview of the cycle as we spoke to former state representative Adam Miller on his way to the May 5th primary against Don Leonard. https://www.adammillerforamerica.com Still no interest from the Republican side of the conversation as sitting Rep Mike Carey awaits his own primary challenge from the unconventional conservative Samuel Ronan . In the opening minutes of our interview candidate Miller discussed his own career path encompassing public education, the law, and lengthy military service. As a result of that career Miller emphasized he had seen some of the more notable events in our country at national scale and personally played a major role in trying to define and create accountability within those challenging environments. He further took time to call out the shortcomings of the Democratic Party over recent cycles in engagement and issue sets that didn’t speak clearly to local voters or emphasize strongly enough the party’s ongoing commitment to working people post-election. Bright Lines Whether it was service in Afghanistan, the aftermath of the January 6th riots or defining in clear terms the uses of military personnel in the domestic context (disaster response and at the request of civilian authority only) Miller described himself as unafraid to embrace the bright lines of the Constitution when institutional authority and leadership would have preferred “strategic ambiguity.” Miller carried this critique and structure throughout our interview. The former state representative argued that congressional oversight has eroded and been usurped with power increasingly concentrated in the executive branch and insufficiently challenged by lawmakers. Taking a moment for his potential general elect…