The candidates

JD Vance

So yesterday, we learned that Mexicans caused his mother’s addiction:

Are you a racist? pic.twitter.com/Fdknxld39i

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) April 5, 2022

To quote J.D. Vance: Are you a racist?

And this is how other countries judge us?

JD Vance: "A lot of countries look at the United States as the leader of the free world; they're not going to look at us like that if we keep on pushing ridiculous notions of gender with the children, not just here, but everywhere else too." https://t.co/MMFN4sEsgF pic.twitter.com/q7306DI2s7

— Newsmax (@newsmax) April 4, 2022

Josh Mandel

Invoking MLK:

Martin Luther King marched right here so skin color wouldn’t matter. pic.twitter.com/kVSU4zKdM1

— Josh Mandel (@JoshMandelOhio) April 5, 2022

(Note: If you watch Mandel's ad, check the picture of Mandel with the black soldiers around the 10 or 11 second mark -- Mandel's hands appear to be dark-skinned leading some to believe that the picture was photoshopped by placing Mandel's face onto a black soldier's body. That shot has been widely-circulated on Twitter. Fact-checker Snopes cites a Politico reporter, Natalie Allison, who says that the picture is accurate and that a darkening filter was probably used on the original although she doesn't explain why. It is certainly a curious picture.)

And then Mandel doubles-down:

Josh Mandel tells Martin Luther King’s daughter that she doesn’t know about the history of her father as well as he does. pic.twitter.com/OWuf8mMT2j

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 5, 2022

Mike Gibbons

Gibbons is supposedly the front-runner.

But he continues to say that that the presidential vote total was greater than those registered to vote:

A GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate claimed "five million more people voted than were registered to vote. And that’s according to the U.S. Census Bureau." @PolitiFact rates that claim as Pants on Fire!
https://t.co/j456db1aSd

— Austin Statesman (@statesman) April 6, 2022

Jane Timken (endorsed by Senators Capito and Portman!)

The “I’m a mom” claim is apparently required every time she opens her mouth.

We're 45 seconds into the #OHSen debate and Jane Timken has used literally every one of her slogans

"Mom on a Mission," "150,000 miles,"... all of them

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) April 5, 2022

Timken also claims the media have "erased" Justice Thomas but seems to have forgotten ("erased") Thurgood Marshall:

The Left and MSM are working overtime to erase Justice Clarence Thomas. pic.twitter.com/c3ux9OMJ6D

— Jane Timken (@JaneTimkenOH) April 4, 2022

Matt Dolan

He’s the only Republican not begging Trump for an endorsement:

There are five major contenders on the Republican side. Four support Trump — Josh Mandel, Mike Gibbons, JD Vance and Jane Timken. The fifth, state Sen. Matt Dolan, has conservative policy positions, but touts articles that note he has not courted Trump’s support.

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) April 5, 2022

He's also closer to what used to be called a Republican:

Prices on everything from groceries to gas are skyrocketing in Ohio. The Democrats' war on energy is an attack on your wallet. I will work to reclaim American energy independence so we can restore our national security, protect Ohio jobs, and bring relief to consumers. #OHSEN pic.twitter.com/ZlQemaYFBn

— Matt Dolan (@dolan4ohio) March 31, 2022