correspondent alexandria hoff reports tonight from homestead, pennsylvania. good evening, alexandria? good evening, bret. yeah. we are here in western pennsylvania where republican candidates will face off in a debate tonight. six of the seven hoping to prove that they can win over trump supporters without the former president s backing. [cheers] it was a come from behind victory for author and businessman j.d. vance, ohio s republican senate primary aided in large part by trump s mid april endorsement. they wanted to write a story that this campaign would be the death of donald trump s america first agenda. ladies and gentlemen, it ain t the death of the america first agenda. in a statement following the win, the former president touted the success of all 22 candidates he backed in ohio and indiana. a spokesperson writing the power of president trump s endorsement is undeniable. his dominance over the republican power brokers in d.c. cannot be understated. but, in pennsylvania
opponents quickly seized the moment. even after his endorsement, j.d. vance is clearly irrelevant to president trump. political analysts are closely watching ohio to see if trump s endorsement situation republican primary voters. ohio state senator matt dolan repeated claims of voter fraud is seeing a late surge in support. he tells fox he knows voters are giving him a second look. i think we are getting people leaving other candidates they want somebody singularly focused on going to washington fight tore the biden administration and fight for ohio. rob portman is backing former republican chile chair jayne timken. while timken is trailing. buckeye republican also fall in line. the party will come together in november. it s so important that we keep ohio senate s seat in the republican hands. the final vance event before the election is getting underway right now. pretty large crowd out here.
phase tomorrow with primary elections in indiana and ohio. the buckeye state features a particularly tough battle for the republican nomination for a u.s. senate seat. correspondent mark meredith is in mason, ohio tonight. we re going to win this race tomorrow. author and businessman j.d. vance appears to be the man to beat ahead of tomorrow s senate primary. vance who wrote the best selling memoir hillbilly he will i didn t embracing his vision. it s not rocket science to know we need to finish president trump s border wall and he jumped top of the polls after earning president trump s endorsement in mid april. last night while speaking in nebraska, trump appeared to forget which mentioning up vance with josh mandel who is also running as a pro-champ candidate. we have enforced j.p. right, j.d. mandel, and he is doing great. they are all doing good.