Former President Donald Trump won Ohio in both 2016 and 2020, and his support could be key in the state's competitive Republican Senate primary
The field of more than a dozen candidates includes former Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel, former Republican state party Chair Jane Timken, businessman Bernie Moreno, state Sen. Matt Dolan, businessman Mike Gibbons and J.D. Vance, author of the New York Times bestselling book"Hillbilly Elegy." Trump has not yet endorsed anyone in the race.The desire to set themselves apart as they worked to be seen as the most Trump-like was on display at a candidate forum this week.
"For so long, I think Republican officials have been worried that the culture wars are the electoral enemy or at least a weakness for them, and yet it turns out that a lot of our voters are voting around things like whether their kids are being indoctrinated in schools or whether their kids are being told that there are 40 or 50 or 80 genders," Vance told the far-right media outlet Breitbart News earlier this month.Vance declined CNN's requests for an interview.
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