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    Sherrod Brown and Bernie Moreno make final speeches in Ohio Senate race

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    Ohio’s $467 million U.S. Senate race is now the costliest non-presidential race on record, according to AdImpact.

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio – When Donald Trump Jr. took the stage in central Ohio last week, he didn’t waste a minute before explaining why he was there.

    “A lot of people, even country people, say, ‘Don, why are you going to Ohio? It’s not a swing state. It’s MAGA country,'” Trump Jr. told the crowd at Mount Vernon, about 40 miles northeast of Washington. the state capital in Columbus. “And that’s true. But the reality is this: We need a full slate of Republicans in office to help my father.”

    Trump Jr. and Kentucky Governor Andy Besheara Democrat, was among a list of surrogates who swarmed Ohio over the past week to secure their respective candidates, Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Bernie Morenoacross the finish line.

    Former President Bill Clinton will join Brown and other Ohio Democrats for a rally in Cleveland Monday.

    Visitors highlighted the high stakes in a $467 million race that is now the most expensive non-presidential contest on record, according to AdImpact.

    Nationally, the outcome in Ohio could determine which party controls a Very divided Senate. And if Brown gets a fourth term, it will help predict what the future holds for Ohio Democrats who have been watching the state. become redder during the last elections.

    “Sherrod Brown gets it,” Beshear told his supporters in Cincinnati. “He understands that in this divided country, in this country where you’re always told to pick a side – he, like me, runs as a proud Democrat – but as soon as he wins, he takes off his hat and he serves all citizens . from Ohio.”

    Sherrod Brown and Bernie Moreno make their final speeches to voters

    Brown and Moreno relied on familiar formulas in the final days of their campaign.

    For Moreno, that meant traveling the state in a big red bus touting his support of former President Donald Trump, accompanied by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and conservative media personality Tucker Carlson. During his stops, he claimed that McDonald’s was a luxury in today’s economy and called for the deportation of undocumented immigrants.

    Moreno also defended himself against lawsuits that accused him of not pay overtime to employees of its car dealerships, something Democrats have emphasized throughout the race. A recent video Brown’s campaign featured a former Moreno employee who called the Cleveland businessman an “opportunistic individual.”

    “He wants to be mad at me because I’m a car dealer,” Moreno told reporters in Columbus. “Let me tell you what car dealers understand: the customer is in charge, the customer is in charge, the customer is always right. … In politics, the voter goes down into the basement and politician puts himself above that. I’m going to change that.”

    Brown, for his part, used his time to court black voters in Ohio’s largest cities and visit the union halls that anchored his political career. At USW Local 2L in Akron, Brown promised to “always fight like hell for the middle class and for working people” and said special interest groups were trying to orchestrate his defeat.

    “Their huge amount of money makes this race closer than it should be,” Brown said.

    Brown and his allies hope abortion rights will energize voters across the state, especially in competitive areas like Delaware County near Columbus. Moreno attracted scrutiny for mocking older suburban women who view abortion as a key issue and said the Founding Fathers would “murder you” if you supported access to the procedure.

    In Cincinnati, Brown touted the support of Republicans, including former Governor Bob Taft, and argued that his opponent’s “hostility toward women” was part of the reason for his support.

    “That contrast is so clear,” Brown said. “That’s why we’re going to win this race.”

    Akron Beacon Journal reporter Derek Kreider contributed.

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