Democrats are returning to a strategy that served them well in the 2022 midterm elections, choosing to boost more hard-right candidates in an effort to ensure an easier general election.
This strategy usually takes the form of covertly funding more hard-right candidates or outwardly attacking them in the primary, attacks that are worn as a mark of pride by said candidate and endear voters more to them.
Here are some Republican candidates who have received a boost from Democrats in their primaries:
Bernie Moreno Bernie Moreno is acknowledged at a rally with former President Donald Trump at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)
Democrats are boosting Bernie Moreno, a Cleveland businessman, in the Ohio Senate primary largely through attack ads promoting his hard-right credentials. While the ads will diminish his standing in the eyes of Democrats, the
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