Trump-backed Republican Bernie Moreno defeats incumbent US Sen. Sherrod Brown in key Ohio race

[Polybius]

Source: Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republicans prevailed Tuesday in a must-win Senate race in Ohio, as Trump-backed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno defeated Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown to help shift control of the chamber to the GOP.

With spending that hit $500 million, it was the most expensive Senate race this year and perhaps in U.S. history.

Moreno, 57, who was born in Colombia, will be the first Latino to represent Ohio in the Senate. He won in the Republican-leaning state with a campaign that cast Brown as “too liberal for Ohio,” barraging airwaves with sometimes misleading and occasionally false claims about Brown’s votes related to immigration and transgender athletes. Moreno also worked successfully to tie Brown, a third-term incumbent, to President Joe Biden and his vice president, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, on border security.

During an acceptance speech in Cleveland, Moreno pledged to serve all Ohioans and to work to win over those who voted against him.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-senate-ohio-brown-moreno-74c4b91e5866215d4201377fefcadad0

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Ohio is now a lost cause.

[Fla Dem]

1. Tragic. I just feel something is going on behind the scenes,

Too many relatively safe Dem races lost.

[riversedge]

2. OMG!! This is the first I have read this. I had for the most

part stayed from politics yesterday. I have always considered Brown of the best Senators. damn. just damn.

[Boomerproud]

3. He was. It is a tragedy.

I'm fluctuating between shock,sorrow and anger.

[pimpbot]

4. The gender/sports ads were bad

Unfortunately i never saw a counter ad to clarify. If we want any chance of winning in the future we really need to have a clear message on these types of things.

Not just in this senate race either.

[Jit423]

5. This is the saddest of all Senate losses to me.

No one has worked harder for their constituents. I hope Sherrod joins the resistance and is able to coach some of our Dem bench and come back in two years.

[Polybius]

6. Same

I predicted the race for Brown, I didn't think he would lose.

[Blue Full Moon]

7. Barage of cards full of lies.

They all showed Brown voting for waste projects in other states. The truth was the Build America Back the money was given to all the states and local governments to spend how they saw fit. I did check and the ones I checked were GOP controlled area and businesses. De Wine has a website patting himself on the back over the projects in Ohio. Time to do this crap back to them.