The candidates and super PACs spent a whopping record $74.5 million to run ads in Ohio's Senate primary.
’s history and the second most expensive to date so far this election cycle.primaries
to run ads, with nearly all the spending occurring on the Republican side, in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman. That’s according to figures from AdImpact, a leading national ad tracking firm. "This is over 40 times the amount of spending we recorded leading up to the 2018 OH Senate Primary and over four times the amount we recorded leading up to the 2018 OH Senate General Election ," AdImpact noted.Senate primary included five major candidates – two of whom were very wealthy and able to drop millions into their campaigns – and a bunch of well-financed outside super PACs that backed many of the top contenders.
Senate candidate JD Vance greets former President Donald Trump at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. JD Vance, a former hedge fund executive and best-selling author, landed the former president’s backing on April 15, which was a major factor in his edging out his rivals in last Tuesday’s primary. But also boosting Vance was the more than $10 million spent on ads by Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC backing the candidate.
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