Trump-Backed Bernie Moreno Wins Bruising Ohio GOP Senate Primary

The entrepreneur, whose family legally immigrated to the US from Colombia when he was 5, will face Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown in the general election.

Bernie Moreno, Republican Senate candidate, speaks at the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County in Independence, Ohio, on March 19, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WESTLAKE, Ohio–Bernie Moreno has emerged the victor in a nasty Ohio Republican U.S. Senate primary marred by outside money from a Democrat-aligned super PAC to prop him up, bickering about which candidate was more conservative, and mudslinging that turned personal toward the Trump-backed candidate.

At 8:35 p.m ET., the Associated Press called the race for Mr. Moreno. State Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose came in at second and third, respectively, as at press time.