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Ohio Sen. Rob Portman's (R) endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Jane Timken could alter the dynamics of the state's crowded GOP primary and give Timken a needed boost.
Portman, who is retiring next year, on Wednesday offered Timken the race's most high-profile endorsement to date. Timken will likely get access to the senator's vast donor network and campaign apparatus in the state, where Portman is popular. Timken's campaign said it raised $250,000 in the 24 hours after Portman endorsed her.
"This is the most significant thing that has happened in the Senate race. Period. End of discussion," said one Republican operative involved in Ohio politics.
Some strategists are also asking if Portman's endorsement could foreshadow a potential endorsement from former President Trump.
"That is the hottest rumor in Ohio right now," state Sen. Michael Rulli (R), who has endorsed Timken, said. "If that happens, in my humble opinion, Jane would lock it up."
While Trump has yet to give any indicator of whom he will endorse in the primary, many of the candidates have heavily vied for the former president's nod in the state he carried in 2016 and 2020.
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