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Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate

May. 07, 2024 11:01 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

Apr. 29, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Marietta Times. April 27, 2024. Editorial: Lawmakers must continue progress Slowly but surely, Ohio lawmakers are progressing in the effort to better protect victims, rather than offering protection to criminals. On Wednesday, the state Senate voted unanimously to...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

Mar. 25, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

Toledo Blade. March 20, 2024. Editorial: Ohio still battleground The primary election results on Tuesday night have set the stage for northwest Ohio campaigns that will do much to decide leadership of both the U.S. House and Senate and have kept Toledo’s city...

Senate rival Frank LaRose joins other GOP Ohio officeholders in endorsing Bernie Moreno

Mar. 21, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose joined other GOP statewide officeholders Thursday in endorsing his former rival, Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno — after a bruising and expensive primary in which he repeatedly attacked his rival as untrustworthy. ...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's presidential and state primaries

Mar. 15, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the presidential nominations locked up, the most high-profile election in Ohio’s primary on Tuesday will be the Republican contest to take on Ohio’s Democratic U.S. senator. There are presidential contests in five states on Tuesday, but Ohio is one of two...

Trump heading to Ohio to rally for GOP's Bernie Moreno ahead of March 19 primary

Mar. 12, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is heading to Ohio to rally support for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno ahead of the March 19 primary. Trump will headline an afternoon rally at Wright Bros Aero, in Vandalia, near Dayton, on Saturday, Moreno's...

Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes

Mar. 12, 2024 12:40 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than half a century, Ohio was one of the most important states to watch during presidential election years, a place where both parties competed vigorously for support from voters who were often genuinely undecided. Then came Donald Trump. ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine bypasses Trump-backed Bernie Moreno for Matt Dolan with US Senate race nod

Mar. 11, 2024 18:35 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio parted ways with Donald Trump on Monday and endorsed state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the state's three-way GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat. In breaking ranks with the former president,...

Republicans running to face Ohio's Democratic US Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall vie for voters' trust

Mar. 07, 2024 15:04 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A fractious three-way Republican primary for the chance to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this November is culminating in Ohio, where candidates are divided more over their pasts than their policy positions. Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno,...

Senators urge Biden to end duty-free treatment for packages valued at less than $800

Feb. 23, 2024 17:49 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators looking to crack down on the number of packages from China that enter the country duty-free are calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action, saying U.S. manufacturers can’t compete with low-cost competitors they say rely on forced labor and state...