Election 2022: Trump’s endorsement power put to test in Ohio


              U.S. Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel, right, walks to a waiting vehicle after voting at Beachwood High School, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Beachwood, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
            
              U.S. Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel carries his ballot after voting at Beachwood High School, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Beachwood, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
            
              A voter leaves the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, after voting in the Indiana primary election. The site was the former home of Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
            
              U.S. Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel enters the polling booth at Beachwood High School, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Beachwood, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
            
              Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, with his wife, Fran, talks with prospective voters at the Stubborn Brother restaurant in Toledo, Ohio, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (Phillip L. Kaplan/The Blade via AP)
            
              FILE - Republican Senate candidate JD Vance greets supporters at the Save America Rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state or holding other events to give their endorsed candidates a last-minute boost ahead of Tuesday’s election. Sens. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, along with Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, were among the conservative emissaries making final pitches in the critical Senate race.  (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)
            
              FILE - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, meet with members of the media before a campaign event at High Street Baptist Church, in Columbus, Ohio, April 30, 2022. High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state or holding other events to give their endorsed candidates a last-minute boost ahead of Tuesday’s election. Sens. Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, along with Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, were among the conservative emissaries making final pitches in the critical Senate race. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File )
            
              FILE - Nan Whaley, former Mayor of Dayton, running for Ohio governor, speaks to reporters following a debate against John Cranley at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, March 29, 2022. The first multi-state contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place Tuesday, May 3. Ohio voters will decide governor nominees and one of the most contentious and expensive Republican U.S. Senate primaries in the nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)
Election 2022: Trump’s endorsement power put to test in Ohio