The Ohio GOP’s easy path to victory — nominating mainstream conservatives — runs into the MAGA reality of its voters.
Bernie Moreno, a Republican who won Ohio's Senate GOP primary on Tuesday, speaks at the Dayton International Airport during a rally with former president Donald Trump on March 16. Ohio Republicans have a well-proven path toward blowout victories that result in Democratic retreat, but they repeatedly choose the more complicated road to a nail-biter victory or outright defeat.
Sen. Gary Peters , chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, described Moreno on Wednesday as “an individual who is ethically challenged and has a number of policy positions that are completely out of step with a majority of people who live in Ohio.”Republicans need to win a net gain of two seats for a clear majority next year, and with Sen. Joe Manchin III retiring from that reliably conservative state they feel as if they have essentially already locked up their 50th seat.
The situation repeated itself in 2016 when national Democrats abandoned their nominee with almost two months to go, leading to a 21-point margin for Portman’s second win. DeWine cruised to a massive reelection, winning by almost 25 percentage points, while Republican candidates in the Senate race all fought to win Trump’s endorsement and run as a far-right conservative.
In today’s hyper-polarized era, Brown will need to win up to 500,000 voters whose first choice on the ballot will be Trump — a tall feat in a state that will have about 6 million votes cast.
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