One of the nine Republicans running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio said he was dropping out of the race after speaking with former President Donald Trump and deciding that so many “Trump candidates” in the race could hurt the party’s chances of winning.
“After talking to President Trump, we both agreed this race has too many Trump candidates and could cost the MAGA movement a conservative seat,” Bernie Moreno said in a statement Thursday night, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan and committing to support the candidate that he eventually endorses.
Moreno, 54, a car dealership owner and chairman of the technology company Ownum, had been running for the seat being vacated by retiring Senator Rob Portman, also a Republican, in one of the key races this year that will determine which party controls the chamber.
