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Updated: February 6, 2023 @ 5:29 pm
Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan (R) on Tuesday announced a bid for the U.S. Senate.
Dolan, a Republican currently serving his second term in the Ohio Senate, representing portions of Cuyahoga County, become the first of what many believe will be a host of Republicans to enter the race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in a key 2024 contest.
“I am unapologetically committed to putting the needs of Ohio first and delivering results as our next U.S. Senator,” Dolan said in a statement issued with Tuesday’s announcement. “With the courage of my convictions, clarity of purpose and a resolute focus on the challenges and opportunities facing our beloved state, I am ready to lead.”
Dolan, of Chagrin Falls, is considered a moderate Republican. He ran for Ohio’s Senate seat formerly occupied by Rob Portman last year but lost in the GOP primary to now-Sen. J.D. Vance.
He differentiated himself as the only GOP Senate candidate in that race who did not espouse the disproven narrative that the 2020 election was either stolen from former President Donald Trump or fraught with fraud.
Dolan previously served three terms in the Ohio House District 95. His family owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team.
Brown has previously said he is committed to seek reelection in 2024. His Democratic seat in an increasingly red state is seen a prime pickup opportunity for Republicans in the next election cycle.
“Together with Joe Biden, Sherrod Brown has kicked America’s problems down the road for a generation. Their time is up,” Dolan said in Tuesday’s statement.
“Our first opponent is a wealthy state senator who has been eyeing this race ever since he lost the GOP nomination in the 2022 Senate race. He’s the first of what we expect to be many challengers jumping into the race,” Brown said in a fundraising email after Dolan’s announcement.
Brown was elected to the Senate in 2007. As the state increasingly turns red, Brown, of suburban Cleveland, is the only Democrat outside the state Supreme Court to win election statewide in Ohio in the past 16 years.
The Democrats face a tough map in 2024 as they try to defend their narrow 51-49 majority in the upper chamber.
Democrats are defending more than twice as many seats as Republicans in the next election cycle, and the party and is facing the possibility that several incumbents could announce their retirement prior to the campaign season.
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