He beat six other candidates in a race that set a record for the most money ever spent on an Ohio election.
He beat six other candidates in a race that set a record for the most money, $66m, ever spent on an Ohio election.
It was heralded as a clear-eyed look at the political and cultural environment that helped explain Mr Trump's appeal in rural and struggling industrial states. In his victory speech before a small but festive Cincinnati crowd - some adorned in Mr Trump's red "Make American Great Again" hats - Mr Vance thanked the former president for his endorsement and underlined the importance of his victory for Mr Trump's agenda.
Of the five top candidates, four fashioned themselves as disciples of the Trump political legacy. Runner-up Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer in his second bid for one of the state's Senate seats, made challenging the 2020 election results - an unrelenting obsession of the former president's - one of his top talking points.
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