Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine arrives for a news conference, Dec. 29, 2023, in Columbus. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dolan, who along with Moreno is making his second straight bid for the Senate in Ohio, has highlighted that he's a supporter of Trump's policies but not the former president's personality.
Moreno, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. legally from Colombia who later became a successful Cleveland-based businessman and luxury auto dealership giant, was endorsed by Trump in December.
Trump's endorsement of now-Sen. JD Vance just ahead of the 2022 Ohio GOP Senate primary helped boost Vance to victory. Vance last year backed Moreno, which was seen as a prelude to the eventual Trump endorsement.
Sen. Sherrod Brown during Senate votes in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Democrats currently control the U.S. Senate with a 51-49 majority, but Republicans are looking at a very favorable Senate map in 2024, with Democrats defending 23 of the 34 seats up for grabs. Three of those seats are in red states that Trump carried in 2020: Ohio, Montana and West Virginia, where Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin is not running for re-election.
Five others seats are in key swing states narrowly carried by President Biden in 2020: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
As Trump locks up the GOP presidential nomination, he's once again exerting increasing control over the Republican Party.
On Friday, a top Trump ally and the former president's daughter-in-law were installed as chair and co-chair of the Republican National Committee. On Monday, the new regime at the RNC pushed roughly 60 current staffers out the door.
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