After several days of campaigning in safe conservative strongholds, the U.S. president, Donald Trump, brings his midterm election tour to Ohio on Saturday (3), a pivotal state that hosts one of the most important Senate races in this midterm cycle.
The Republican began what he described as an “intensive offensive” of 32 days before the November 3 election, stopping in the last week through strongly Republican states such as Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Saturday’s rally takes place on the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio, where he will campaign for key candidates in tight contests for the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the state government.
Perhaps the most crucial of these races is the Senate contest. The Republican senator Jon Husted—named to fill the seat left by the current Vice President JD Vance—is running to secure the term outright. There is probably no path for the Democrats to win a Senate majority without winning Ohio, where the ex-senator Sherrod Brown (who served three terms) tries to return to the chamber after losing to the Republican Bernie Moreno two years ago.
Since last year, the Democrats point to Ohio, along with North Carolina and Maine, as key battlegrounds to seize Senate control. And this week, the head of the Republican Senate campaign arm said that Ohio is among the 10 decisive races that are “within reach of victory.”
“The good news for us is that Jon Husted is someone who knows how to close the deal,” Tim Scott, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told reporters. “We are seeing the difference that existed between the two candidates — which was only a few points — disappear; now the race is virtually tied. It is a fierce fight, as we say in South Carolina.” Source: Associated Press.
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