WATCH LIVE: J.D. Vance speaks to supporters after being declared projected winner for Ohio GOP Senate Primary:
News 5 livestream event Seven candidates were on the ballot in Tuesday’s Republican faceoff for the coveted open U.S. Senate seat of the retiring Portman. They were Trump-endorsed “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance, former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, Cleveland investment banker Mike Gibbons, former Ohio Republican Chair Jane Timken, state Sen. Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team, and entrepreneurs Mark Pukita and Neil Patel.
Voters who talked to pollsters left everyone guessing who would win, with no candidate emerging with a clear lead in polls. In recent weeks, former President Donald Trump attempted to clarify the race by endorsing Vance, and then he hosted a rally in Delaware urging his supporters to fall in line. But as a result, the former president found himself under unprecedented attack in Ohio.
A group opposing Trump’s endorsement of Vance made the former president the target of an ad campaign. The ad was from the conservative Club for Growth, which supported Mandel in the race. It questioned Trump’s decision to endorse Vance, who has had to backtrack from previous criticism of the former president.
Vance, Mandel, Timken and Gibbons all sought the endorsement of the former president. Only Matt Dolan positioned himself as moving on from Trump.
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