In Ohio GOP Senate primary, Trump is kingmaker

Donald Trump is looming over the Ohio Senate race as the Republican candidates jockey for an endorsement and urge the former president to overlook past resistance to his leadership.

J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and author who entered the Republican primary Thursday as a populist Trump stalwart, did not vote for the 45th president in 2016 and was initially critical of his administration. Bernie Moreno, a wealthy businessman, once called Trump a lunatic, and Mike Gibbons, the other wealthy businessman in the race, has previously lamented the “cult of personality” surrounding Trump in the GOP.