# Ohio Gov. Bypasses Trump Pick For Senate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780 "2024-03-13T00:19:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780/1 "2024-03-13T00:19:50Z")

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A bold choice, and one that will likely see the end of his political career. But I have to respect him for it.

> **[Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine bypasses Trump-backed Bernie Moreno for Matt Dolan with...](https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-senate-ohio-dewine-trump-dolan-1a49f2406367e1e2f644b8e5d37eb265)**
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> Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has parted ways with Donald Trump to endorse state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the three-way GOP primary for U.S.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780/2 "2024-03-13T02:43:18Z")

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DeWine is 77 years old and term-limited as governor. I think his political career is effectively over whatever he does.

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**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-gov-bypasses-trump-pick-for-senate/998780/3 "2024-03-14T02:37:11Z")

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Yeah, the fact he’s a regular GOP jerk I disagree with rather than a raging, hateful MAGA GOP asshole pretty much says it all.

IOW, he’s the sort of Republican most of us wish were in charge of the ~~party~~ cult.