A Suffolk/USA Today poll of the 2024 Ohio Senate race released on Tuesday shows Republican businessman Bernie Moreno trailing by seven points — 41 percent to 48 percent — while the same poll finds Republican secretary of state Frank LaRose and Brown tied at 45 percent each. GOP state senator Matt Dolan trails Brown 43 percent to 46 percent.
The Republican primary (which won’t occur until March) is wide open with LaRose at 19 percent, Dolan at 14 percent, Moreno at 9 percent, and 57 percent undecided. Donald Trump, whose Senate GOP picks cost Republicans the upper chamber in 2022, has expressed enthusiasm for Moreno’s candidacy but has not yet formally endorsed him.
Ohio is one of the most important Senate races in 2024. If Democrats replace Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona and incumbent Democrats win in Ohio, Montana, and Nevada, then they would have the votes necessary to scrap the Senate filibuster and enact a wide array of left-wing policies.