Ohio Senate Race: Trump backed businessman Bernie Moreno wins GOP primary to face Sen. Sherrod Brown

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Trump-backed candidate Bernie Moreno wins Ohio Senate primary​

Moreno, a Cleveland-area businessman, beat out two traditional Republicans on Tuesday, with a considerable margin over state Sen. Matt Dolan — who was endorsed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) — and Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R), the Associated Press projected.

Democratic groups have spent money on ads on Moreno in recent weeks, because some strategists view him as an easier opponent for Brown — who faced no challengers in the primary — to defeat in a general election.

In the days leading up to the costly, contentious Senate race, political jabs among LaRose, Dolan and Moreno became increasingly personal.

In one ad, Moreno’s super PAC accused LaRose of being too sympathetic to gay and transgender causes, superimposing a rainbow flag behind him and surfacing a supportive message that LaRose previously shared with an LGBTQ+ rights group.

Meanwhile, in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, state Rep. Derek Merrin was projected to win the Republican primary. He would face off against vulnerable Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D), the longest-serving woman in Congress.

Trump endorsed Merrin hours before polling places opened in the Toledo-area congressional district, the latest development in a roller coaster of a primary in which 2022 Republican nominee J.R. Majewski considered stepping aside, insisted he would stay in and then dropped out earlier this month amid backlash over disparaging comments he made about people with mental disabilities.

 

[RoBo1988]

I'll vote for Moreno.
LaRose is good as SoS, Ohio had none of the problems in our elections as other states had.

I don't think he will defeat Sherrod Brown.

 

[RoBo1988]

Ohio has had a split Senate for around 40 years.

It once was all Dem with Howard Metzenbaum, and John Glenn. When Metzenbaum stepped down he tried to get his son in law, Joel Hyatt the seat, but governor George Voinovich won it for the GOP, then Rob Portman, now JD Vance. I believe Brown took Glenn's spot

 

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Ohio Senate candidate blames staffers and family for errors​

Republican Bernie Moreno is trying to shrug off responsibility for mistruths, tax bills and a casual sex profile

Last month, after Moreno was shown to have falsely claimed to hold an MBA from the University of Michigan, including signing legal documents containing the claim, his campaign blamed “a staffer who made a mistake”.

Moreno told a radio host: “I’m proud that I got a bachelor’s of business administration, and I thank some of the reporting pointing out that it was with high distinction. There was a clerical error made by one of my admins, seven, eight, nine years ago, that put that I had an MBA. It was a BBA.

 

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Ohio Senate candidate blames staffers and family for errors​

Moreno told a radio host: “I’m proud that I got a bachelor’s of business administration, and I thank some of the reporting pointing out that it was with high distinction. There was a clerical error made by one of my admins, seven, eight, nine years ago, that put that I had an MBA. It was a BBA.

He hasn’t seen his own campaign C.V. materials for 7, 8 or 9 years?
Riiiiight.

 

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Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate​

The grandson of “Mr. Republican” Robert A. Taft Sr. and great-grandson of William Howard Taft, the only person in American history to have been president and chief justice of the United States, praised Brown in the letter without mentioning Moreno.