COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown and Republican Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno will be in the spotlight on Tuesday.
The race has become the most expensive Senate race in the nation as Republicans look to flip the seat.
As the campaigns heat up in the final days before the election, both candidates were speaking to voters and supporters in central Ohio on Saturday.
Moreno met with supporters in Bexley.
“We pick the control of the United States Senate in three days,” he told the crowd.
Moreno talked about securing the border, energy dominance, the economy, lowering crime and improving schools.
“Let’s cancel the Sherrod Brown show and put someone in there who is an outsider, a businessperson who knows how to develop opportunities,” he said in an interview.
Moreno called Brown an extremist for his views on abortion. He suggested turning the conversation to lowering adoption costs, equal access to contraception and lowering costs of having children.
“The reality is I am trying to bring people together on this issue. My opponent is trying to be divisive and keep the country divided on this issue,” he said.
On Saturday afternoon, Ohio Democrats rallied around Sherrod Brown at a Souls to the Polls event in northeast Columbus.
Democrats said the election is about holding on to civil rights.
“It is about fighting for what we care about,” Brown said.
Brown touted his wins in the Senate, including lowering the cap on prescription drug prices, fighting for workers’ rights, taking on predatory investors and bringing Intel to Ohio.
“When you look at all we have done, Joyce and I and others have done in these four years, we are gonna win in November and come January, you ain't seen nothing yet,” he said.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty said holding on to Brown’s seat is critical for Democrats.
“This is not about show, this is about a reality check. This is about making sure if we are so strong for Kamala Harris how can she help us if she doesn't hold the Senate and it is this seat that America is watching,” she said.
Both Democrats and Republicans encouraged people to get out to vote.
Sunday is the last day for early voting until the polls open on Tuesday.