{"id":1988628,"date":"2023-08-02T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-endorses-bernie-moreno-in-tight-ohio-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:55:08","slug":"marco-rubio-endorses-bernie-moreno-in-tight-ohio-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-endorses-bernie-moreno-in-tight-ohio-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio backs Moreno in close Ohio Senate race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarco-rubio-endorses-bernie-moreno-in-tight-ohio-senate-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1988628&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. Marco Rubio\u2062 Endorses Bernie Moreno \u200cin Ohio Senate Race<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Marco\u200c Rubio (R-FL) has thrown his support behind Bernie Moreno in the Ohio Senate race, providing a significant boost to the Republican candidate in the highly competitive 2024 cycle. Rubio praised Moreno, an Ohio businessman, for his conservative values and status as a &#8220;political outsider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This \u200bendorsement gives Moreno\u200d a prominent \u200bendorsement in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-seeks-to-flip-the-script-on-candidate-quality-in-2024\/\" title=\"GOP aims to redefine 'candidate quality' in 2024.\">crowded primary\u200b field<\/a>,\u200b as multiple candidates\u200d vie to challenge incumbent\u2064 Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) next year.<\/p>\n<h3>Rubio: \u2063&#8221;Ohioans Will Have Someone Beholden Only to Them&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>In\u200b a statement, Rubio expressed his\u2062 belief that \u2063the U.S. Senate needs more conservative leaders like Bernie Moreno. He commended Moreno for his success in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-endorses-bernie-moreno-in-tight-ohio-senate-race\/\" title=\"Rubio backs Moreno in close Ohio Senate race.\">navigating government red tape<\/a> to build and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-wants-illegal-immigrants-to-join-military\/\" title=\"Dem Rep Wants Illegal Immigrants To Join Military\">run successful businesses<\/a>. Rubio emphasized that with\u200b Moreno in the U.S. Senate, \u2064Ohioans can \u200btrust that he will fight for their families, communities, and values.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno faces\u2064 strong competition in the GOP primary, including Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and\u200c state Sen. Matt Dolan. In the 2022 midterm elections, Moreno and Dolan \u200cboth fell \u200cto Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who has also endorsed \u200bMoreno for the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno&#8217;s Response: &#8220;The Only Campaign with Momentum and Vision&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreno expressed gratitude\u2064 for Senator Rubio&#8217;s endorsement, stating that it aligns with the momentum and vision of his campaign. He criticized Sherrod Brown for prioritizing D.C. special interests over the needs of working families. Moreno looks forward to collaborating \u2062with \u200bSenator Rubio, Senator Vance, and other conservatives \u2064in the \u200dU.S. \u200dSenate who will fight for the \u200cpeople of \u200cOhio.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Senate Race: A Highly Competitive Election<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Senate race is expected to be one of the most\u2062 fiercely contested elections in the\u200c entire 2024 cycle. The Cook Political Report rates it \u200bas a &#8220;toss-up,&#8221;\u200c along \u2062with only two \u2063other races. Sherrod Brown initially flipped the seat to the Democrats in 2006,\u200d making him \u200done of the four Democrats holding\u200c statewide office in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio&#8217;s Shift\u200c to a Reliable State for Republicans<\/p>\n<p>While\u200c Ohio was once considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-falsely-blamed-trump-in-2020-campaign-for-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-jury-aquits-2-hung-on-2\/\" title=\"Biden Falsely Blamed Trump in 2020 Campaign for Whitmer Kidnapping 'Plot'; Jury Aquits 2, Hung on 2\">crucial swing state<\/a>, it has\u200d become increasingly reliable for\u2064 Republicans, particularly \u200din the last two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-allowed-to-use-rep-ruben-galledo-responds-to-latinx-poll-slams-term\/\" title=\"\u2018Not Allowed To Use\u2019: Rep. Ruben Galledo Responds To \u2018Latinx\u2019 Poll, Slams Term\">presidential election cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Flipping Crucial Senate Seats: A Strong Position for Republicans<\/p>\n<p>In the\u2064 2024 election cycle, there are 34 Senate seats \u200dup for grabs. Democrats\u2064 must defend 23 of these seats, while Republicans only need to defend 11. This puts the GOP in \u2062a favorable position to flip crucial Senate seats, potentially shifting the balance of power in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Current Senate Majority \u200band Republican Strategy<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Democrats hold a slim 51-49 majority in the Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as\u2062 a tiebreaker vote if needed. Therefore, Republicans only need to flip one Senate seat to secure the majority if they win back \u200dthe White House in 2024. If they fail to regain the Oval Office, the party will need to secure two additional Senate seats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) backed Bernie Moreno in Ohio&#8217;s Senate race, providing a crucial boost in the highly contested 2024 cycle. Rubio, endorsing Moreno as a &#8220;political outsider,&#8221; lauded the conservative values of the Ohio businessman. This endorsement is significant for Moreno&#8217;s Republican candidacy in the fiercely competitive GOP primary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}