WESTLAKE, Ohio — Bernie Moreno, a former car dealer endorsed by Donald Trump, won a three-way GOP primary Tuesday for the right to take on Democratic Sen.Moreno handily beat out Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan, who was endorsed by popular figures in the state’s Republican establishment. But for months polling indicated it was essentially a two-person race between Dolan and Moreno.
The primary turned into a brawl between Ohio’s GOP old guard and the MAGA movement that has swept through the state. Ohio has become redder and Trumpier since twice electing former President Barack Obama, and the race becameand other Trump-aligned figures, while Dolan had the support of former Sen. Rob Portman, whom Vance replaced in 2022, and Gov. Mike DeWine. Dolan was the only one of the three candidates not to seek Trump’s support.
Both Dolan and Moreno are wealthy and pumped their own money into their campaigns. Every candidate had at least one super PAC on his behalf. LaRose, who struggled to fundraise, relied heavily on his and did not run a single TV ad on his own. While the contest bitterly divided Republicans in the state, those in Washington stayed neutral. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has forcefully waded into primaries this cycle to help their preferred candidates prevail. And the chair, Sen.In Ohio, the NRSC remained neutral through the primary but Daines quickly offered Moreno his “full endorsement” in a statement on Tuesday after the race was called.
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