The race between Brown and Moreno is the key to control

According to AdImpact, the $467 million race in Ohio is now the most expensive non-presidential contest ever

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, loses to Republican businessman Bernie Moreno in the country's most expensive U.S. Senate race in history.

According to AdImpact, Republicans and Democrats spent nearly $477 million on the race, making it the most expensive non-presidential contest ever.

Brown, a three-term senator, is one of the weakest Democrats in the country in today's election – second only to Montana Sen. Jon Tester – and Republicans see the Buckeye State as the key to winning control of the Senate.

Brown relied on a familiar formula to campaign across Ohio: promoting issues important to middle-class voters, often with union leaders at his side, and portraying himself as a fighter against corporations and Big Pharma. He emphasized his efforts in the Senate to crack down on fentanyl trafficking, reduce insulin costs and restore worker pensions.

Brown also spoke often about abortion access, spurred by last year's vote to enshrine reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution.

But the senator has never appeared on the ballot alongside former President Donald Trump, who won Ohio by eight points in 2016 and 2020. Knowing this, the campaign emphasized Brown's willingness to work on the other side of the ballot and his support from some Republicans, including the former governor. Bob Taft.

Moreno, on the other hand, is supported by Trump and has most of the GOP behind him. Before running for Senate, Moreno built a chain of luxury car dealerships based in Northeast Ohio and founded a company to digitize car titles using blockchain. As a child he moved with his family from Colombia to the USA.

Moreno shared his personal immigration story as he railed against Brown and the Biden administration on border security. He advocated for more domestic energy production, less corporate regulation and tax cuts for companies that keep jobs in the United States.

At the same time, Moreno has come under fire for dozens of lawsuits he has faced as a business owner, including cases in Massachusetts in which he was accused of failing to pay his employees overtime. He was also caught with his foot in his mouth after mocking older suburban women who consider abortion access a key issue.

This story will be updated.

According to AdImpact, the $467 million race in Ohio is now the most expensive non-presidential contest ever

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