The Allen County Republican Party hosted a barbecue dinner featuring three U.S. Senate candidates Tuesday evening.
LIMA — The race to the finish is on for Republican candidates out to oust U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and that race made its way to Lima Tuesday.
The Allen County Republican Party hosted its annual barbecue dinner Tuesday evening, with the event’s three speakers joining the event to each make their case for the U.S. Senate. Bernie Moreno, Frank LaRose and Matt Dolan each shared their take on the upcoming election and why they decided to run.
Moreno is an entrepreneur who hopes to succeed in serving in government.
”My journey is very different than most here,” he said. “I was born in Columbia, South America and the youngest of seven. The reason I am here in this stage before you is because our country is suffering. We continue to send people down there [to Washington] who do not have the rigor of understanding the business world. I hope to change that.”
LaRose currently serves as Ohio’s Secretary of State and hopes to successfully transition from Columbus to Washington.
”There are few things in this world that are that precious, but America is so precious that it’s worth dying for,” said LaRose. “It is also worth living for that. That is why I have made to run for this office because our country is in jeopardy. [Vote for me] if you’re looking for a battle-tested, conservative, someone who has proven time after time that he has a 100% pro-life and pro-Second Amendment voting record. With your vote and prayers, we can beat Sherrod Brown next year.”
Ohio Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, also hopes to make that transition to Washington after an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign that eventually led to the election of Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
”This is about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” said Dolan. “I want to go to Washington to fight for the safety of life and the life of veterans and law enforcement officers. We are going to follow what our fathers wanted for our pursuit of happiness. That is to make every American in control of their own destiny, free from government constraint.”
The election for the candidates will be held in the primaries of May 2024. The winning candidate will then face Brown in the following November election.
Reach Precious Grundy at 567-242-0351.
