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

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.

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