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Matt Dolan Endorsed by Ohio’s Largest Newspaper As Moreno Continues to Dodge
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This weekend, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Dolan earned the
endorsement ofThe Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest newspaper. In their
endorsement, the editorial board described Dolan as “one of the most respected
Republicans at the Statehouse, who has been trusted repeatedly by GOP
leadership with helping to quarterback the state’s politically fraught two-year
budget process, would unquestionably be Sherrod Brown’s biggest threat.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Dayton Daily News, on the same day, announced
to readers in Ohio that Bernie Moreno continued to declined news media
interviews. In recent weeks, Moreno has routinely ignored questions about his
past legal troubles, wage lawsuits and the action he took to shred documents a
court ordered him to maintain for the benefit of his employees.
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Matt Dolan for U.S. Senate in the Republican primary: endorsement editorial
February 18, 2024
The Editorial Board
A trio of Ohio Republicans is competing for their party’s nomination
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to challenge three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, of Cleveland,
for a U.S. Senate term that will begin in January. Brown was first elected in
2006, then re-elected in 2012 and 2018.
The three GOP contenders for Brown’s Senate seat are:
* State Sen. Matt Dolan, 59, of Chagrin Falls, chair of the Ohio Senate’s
Finance Committee, which helps craft Ohio’s state budgets.
* Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, 44, of Upper Arlington, the state’s
chief elections officer and a former state senator.
* Westlake entrepreneur Bernie Moreno, in his mid-50s, a former automobile
dealer who is endorsed by the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Donald J.
Trump.
LaRose declined to participate in The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com endorsement
interview; Moreno’s campaign declined to abide by longstanding ground rules for
the endorsement interview, so Moreno didn’t participate, either.
No matter. Dolan, one of the most respected Republicans at the Statehouse, who
has been trusted repeatedly by GOP leadership with helping to quarterback the
state’s politically fraught two-year budget process, would unquestionably be
Sherrod Brown’s biggest threat. As Dolan himself notes, he would credibly
challenge Brown, who lives in Cleveland, in the state’s heavily Democratic
Northeast, where Dolan also lives and polls well.
But beyond that, Dolan is no Trump sycophant. He would represent Ohio with
diligence and care, mindful of constituents’ needs -- just as he has during his
dozen years in the legislature, serving in the Ohio House from 2005 to 2010,
where he also chaired its budget-writing Finance Committees, and in the Ohio
Senate since 2017. And in 2010, Dolan was a candidate in the first election for
the new Cuyahoga County executive.
In 2022, Dolan ran for a GOP U.S. Senate nomination that was instead won by
Cincinnati Republican J.D. Vance, who went on to win the Senate seat. In that
2022 GOP senatorial primary contest, upended by Trump’s last-minute endorsement
of Vance, Dolan ran third, carrying Cuyahoga, Geauga and Franklin counties.
Constitutionally, the Senate has a major role in foreign affairs. And one of
the most pressing issues facing the United States ishow to secure its border
with Mexico.
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Dolan said of the border, “we have a patient that’s bleeding ... and we have
to stop the bleeding before we start talking about reconstructive surgery.”
Dolan argues for closing the U.S.-Mexico border to any new asylum-seekers until
the process, funding and approach can be fixed. And he needled Brown and other
Democrats for what he sees as an attempt to downplay the border crisis.
As for the Middle East, “I think Israel has the absolute right to defend
itself against ... a terrorist organization backed by Iran,” he said.
And on the Russian-Ukrainian War, Dolan argued for helping Ukraine stand up to
Russia. “I don’t want [U.S.] boots on the ground in Ukraine, but you know where
else I don’t want boots on the ground? I don’t want American boots in Poland
and the Baltics, in Western Europe and perhaps in the Asia/Pacific [region] ...
if we appease Putin, which, unfortunately, there’s some in my party that want
to do,” Dolan said.
On abortion, Dolan said he has consistently supported what he believes many
Ohioans support -- commonsense abortion restrictions with exceptions in cases
of incest or rape, or to save the life of the mother.
Ohio Republicans can’t say they lack for candidates for the right to challenge
Brown, but in Matt Dolan they have an exceptional contender whose maturity, and
budget-crafting experience clearly qualify him for higher office.
Dolan would likely approach the issues the Senate wrestles with in a
constructive and thoughtful manner, without grandstanding or bluster. And his
experience and knowledge of the challenges that Greater Cleveland faces would
be a plus for this region in Washington.
Ohio’s Republican voters should nominate Matt Dolan as their candidate for the
U.S. Senate in the March 19 primary. Early voting begins Feb. 21.
For more information on Matt Dolan’s campaign for U.S. Senate, visit
www.dolanforohio.com.
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