On a rainy day with severe storms forecast across the state, Ohio voters are heading to the polls to determine who will prevail in the contentious U.S. Senate primary on May 3. The winners will advance to the November 8 general election to decide who will replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman.
The Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary represents the first test of Donald Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle.
Trump won Ohio by eight points in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. On April 15, he endorsed “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance.
It was a move that drew criticism from some conservative groups and supporters of opposing candidates in the race because of the widely publicized disparaging remarks Vance made about Trump in 2016.
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