One of the biggest stories of the year was President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign stop in Springfield.
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An estimated 8,000 people filed into the Champions Center at the Clark County Fairgrounds to hear the then-Republican Presidential candidate. The Trump campaign would make several more stops in Ohio, including his son, Donald Trump Jr. in Troy.
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Ohio has been a longtime battleground state for the presidential race. No Republican since Abraham Lincoln in 1860 has won the presidency without Ohio.
Trump would go on to win the presidential race, defeating Democratic Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Voting in Clark County favored Trump with 56 percent of votes to 37 percent for Clinton.
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