Their clash has already drawn more ad spending than any other Senate race in history, eclipsing the $412 million spent in Georgia’s 2020 race between Jon Ossoff and David Perdue.
While Moreno clings to Trump, Brown tends to avoid talking too much about national political figures from either party.
“Sherrod Brown, he’s taking ads in like he’s my best friend,” the former president said Sunday during a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.
He also acknowledged the threat of ticket-splitters — and the importance of Trump having coattails long enough to carry Moreno along with him.
But then-Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat who represented much of the area for years, lost it to Vance in the Senate race by 3 points in 2022.
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