Venture capitalist JD Vance won a crowded and acrimonious Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, propelled by former President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the final stretch of the campaign.
Vance, 37, who is making his first bid for public office, defeated former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, state Senator Matt Dolan, investment banker Mike Gibbons, and three other candidates in the GOP race, according to the Associated Press.
Tuesday’s primary elections in Ohio and Indiana took place a day after a leaked draft opinion indicated the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Indiana is a Republican bastion and Trump twice won Ohio by 8 percentage points, but it was previously considered a swing state. Democrat U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown holds the other Ohio seat.
