GOP candidate Matt Dolan raises $4M in third quarter Ohio Senate bid

Republican Matt Dolan raised $4.1 million in the third quarter of this year for his Ohio Senate bid.

Dolan, a wealthy state senator whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians, self-funded $3 million of that total. He has $6.8 million in the bank. Dolan is in a heated three-way primary for the right to take on Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the most vulnerable incumbents up in 2024.

His total is basically identical to that of his opponent Bernie Moreno, who announced on Tuesday that he had also brought in $4.1 million, with $3 million of that coming from his own pocket. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, the third major candidate in the race, has not announced his fundraising. Both Moreno and LaRose are angling for a Trump endorsement. Dolan is not.

The $1.1 million that Dolan raised from donors is a big jump from the past quarter when he raised just over $320,000 without self-funding. Since then, Dolan saw several big Ohio donors join his finance team in the past three months, most notably Jimmy and Dee Haslam, the owners of the Cleveland Browns football team.

All federal candidates have until Oct. 15 to report their fundraising for the third quarter, which spans from July 1 to Sept. 30.

Ohio is a top GOP Senate target in 2024 but the National Republican Senatorial Committee is not wading into the primary. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the chair of the committee, said he was fine with any of the three top candidates vying for the nomination.