The first attack ads of Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate primary race are hitting the air soon
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
A group backing former state Treasurer Josh Mandel, seen here in a 2012 file photo, has launched a new TV ad attacking his opponents in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)AP
Facebook Share
COLUMBUS, Ohio More than a year before the election, the first attack ads in what’s expected to be a nasty Republican U.S. Senate primary in Ohio are hitting the airwaves this weekend.
A group called the USA Freedom Fund is running the ads, which boost former State Treasurer Josh Mandel while attacking some of his Republican opponents, former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken, investment banker Mike Gibbons and author/investor JD Vance, who hasn’t declared his candidacy but is expected to do so. Tom Datwyler, the treasurer for USA Freedom Fund, also is the treasurer for Mandel’s Senate campaign. The ads includes a