Senate candidate Bernie Moreno campaigns as an outsider [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bernie Moreno was ready with a quip when a radio host in his native Colombia asked why he would want to trade his successful professional and personal life in Ohio for the toils of the U.S. Senate.

“Remember that my brother, Luis Alberto, just got out of politics — and there always needs to be a Moreno in politics,” he replied in Spanish during the 2021 interview. “Otherwise, what happens in the world, right?”

The lighthearted response from Moreno, the Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, hints at his family’s deep political connections in both the U.S. and Colombia. Moreno’s father was a high government official in Colombia, while among his six siblings are a powerful former political adviser and diplomat and an important Colombian businessman.

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