COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans are mourning the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated while speaking at a Utah college.

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Kirk's death is hitting the Ohio political community hard. He was just in the state to speak at Delaware County's Lincoln Reagan Dinner at the end of August. He was scheduled to be the keynote speaker for the lobbying group Center for Christian Virtue's event in Cleveland in late September.

This hits home especially for young Republicans, like state. Rep. Tex Fischer (R-Boardman), who got his start in politics at Turning Point USA with Kirk.

"We lost a person that meant a lot to a lot of people, regardless of where you land on the spectrum," Fisc

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