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Trump, Dems get their GOP pick in Senate race |
Former President Trump and Senate Democrats supported Bernie Moreno's bid to face Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race for different reasons — making Tuesday a win for both. |
The potentially game-changing Ohio Senate race is set — Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno (R) will face three-term incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) after securing the GOP nomination on Tuesday. Why it matters: Ohio is seen as a crucial Senate race that could ultimately determine control of the upper chamber. It's expected to be an expensive and intense campaign, especially as the Senate has teetered with razor-thin margins on both sides of party control in recent years. The background: Former President Trump endorsed Moreno in the race over two other Republicans. But Democrats, sensing the far-right MAGA candidate would be more vulnerable than a more mainstream opponent, also helped boost Moreno's candidacy. A political action committee aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spent millions on ads to promote Moreno. Where things stand: A poll conducted earlier this month before the primary election that surveyed Democratic and Republican registered voters showed Brown leading all three candidates in hypothetical matchups. For Brown vs. Moreno, the speculative race clocked in at 38 percent to 34 percent, respectively. In the primary, Moreno claimed about 50 percent of the vote, so nearly half of GOP voters preferred one of the other more moderate candidates. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has deemed the race a "toss up." |
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Senate Democrats' campaign arm released a new ad targeting Ohio Senate GOP nominee Bernie Moreno shortly after he clinched the Republican nomination on Tuesday. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee called the ad "Matter of Trust" and quoted statements from Moreno and his two primary opponents that he defeated, state Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, at debates they took part in. Both Dolan … |
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| Lawyer and investor Nicole Shanahan is among the potential contenders for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate. Kennedy's campaign posted online responding to the rumors about who would join him on the ballot as he attempts to take on President Biden and former President Trump. Shanahan was brought into Kennedy's orbit last month after reports found she helped pay for a seven-figure Super Bowl ad promoting … |
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| President Biden's reelection campaign is enlisting former President Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to help boost his health care record with voters ahead of November. To mark the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law, Obama and Pelosi will join Biden during a virtual event on Saturday to mobilize supporters and volunteers, the campaign announced Wednesday. Saturday's virtual rally … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- 117 days until the Republican National Convention
- 152 days until the Democratic National Convention
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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Former President Trump and President Biden are tied, each earning 44 percent support from voters, in a new national survey. The survey, conducted by Mainstreet Research for Florida Atlantic University, asked voters who they would vote for if the election were held tomorrow. Beyond the tie at 44 percent, 6 percent said they would choose another candidate, and 6 percent said they're undecided. The survey comes just after Trump … |
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Local and state headlines regarding campaigns and elections: |
- Fewer Georgia voting machines proposed as Senate panel passes election bills (AJC)
- Nevada secretary of state delays rollout of top-down voter registration system to July (Nevada Independent)
- Who should be Missouri's next governor? Sen. Josh Hawley (R) isn't saying (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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Election news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Trump eyes convicts and conspiracists for 2024 reunion (Axios)
- Shadowing Trump's attacks on mental fitness — his own father's dementia (Washington Post)
- Who's behind the pro-Palestinian protests that are disrupting Biden's campaign events and blocking city streets? (NBC News)
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A Georgia judge enabled former President Trump to immediately appeal the recent ruling declining to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) for her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor overseeing the election interference case there. In a brief order issued Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee granted the certificate … Read more |
| Former President Trump has less than a week to secure a half billion-dollar bond or risk the seizure of his assets as he challenges a trial court's finding that he conspired to alter his net worth for tax and insurance benefits. A New York judge found Trump liable for fraud last year ahead of a months-long trial that ended with the judge … Read more |
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