Person
Bernie Moreno
- Work
- Built Collection Auto Group into more than a dozen Cleveland-area dealerships after purchasing a Mercedes-Benz dealership in 2005.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Work
- Founded blockchain technology company Ownum, 2019.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Public service
- Member, MetroHealth System board of trustees, October 2019-February 2021.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
- Education
- B.B.A., University of Michigan, 1989.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · congress.gov
- Home
- Westlake, Ohio.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Ballotpedia · Chamber directory · FEC · Official site · Wikipedia
- $26.4MRaised, as filed · December 31, 2024
- Not yet researchedCash on hand
- no poll on fileLatest poll
- 6Positions in their words · 6 issues
- 2Claims checked
- 1Offices held · United States Senator for Ohio, since 2025
10 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Endorsements.
What has been checked
- Profile 11 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries
- Where they stand 6 entries Six positions, every one a paraphrase of a campaign theme with the link that states it. The archive quotes only fragments of his campaign language, so no position in his own words is published.
- What they have said, checked 2 entries One of the three rows in the research archive's fact-check table is published as a claim of his. One is a claim Sherrod Brown made about him and is filed under Brown. One, about Haitian migrants in Springfield, is left out because the archive records only fragments of it inside its own sentence rather than a quotation. Checked: The research archive's 2024 fact-check pass (PolitiFact)
- Record in office 4 entries He held no elected or appointed public office before January 3, 2025, so his record here begins in the Senate. His business career is in the financial-interests section, not here, following the ruling that a private career is not an action in office.
- Money 11 entries
- Financial interests 12 entries
- Polling and approval 4 entries Four head-to-head polls with a stated margin. Polls the archive describes only as showing one candidate ahead by a range, and polling averages, are not published.
- Elections 1 entry Only his 2024 candidacy is published. His 2022 Senate bid, which he ended before the primary, has no race record.
- Endorsements None found in the records checked The research archive records Donald Trump's endorsement of him in the 2024 primary in prose, with the primary-result stories as its only links, and records no endorsement he gave. The endorsement set trump-ohio-2016-2024 is a record of its own. Checked: The research archive's 2024 candidate file
- Sources 40 entries
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The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Chamber | District | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Statewide | All of Ohio | U.S. Senator from Ohio |
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
Where they stand
Abortion
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Support a federal law restricting abortion after 15 weeks, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.
Sources: ballotpedia.org · politifact.com
Digital assets
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Draw on a blockchain business background to back digital-asset innovation.
Sources: dlnews.com · coindesk.com
Energy
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Build energy dominance on coal, oil and natural gas, and oppose incentives for electric vehicles.
Sources: opensecrets.org · cbtnews.com
Immigration
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Make the southern border the central issue of the campaign, and hold the Biden administration and Sherrod Brown responsible for conditions there.
Sources: ballotpedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
The case for running
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Run as a political outsider against career politicians, and turn Washington inside out.
Sources: ballotpedia.org · wosu.org
The economy
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Blame Biden, Harris and Brown policies for higher costs, and campaign as a full ally of Donald Trump's agenda.
Sources: ballotpedia.org · en.wikipedia.org
What they have said, checked
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“Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.”
PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire!, September 18, 2024 · the check
Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.
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give illegals taxpayer funded stimulus checks, health care, even Social Security
PolitiFact rated this False, September 4, 2024 · the check
Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.
Said about Bernie Moreno
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is arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions
PolitiFact rated this Half True, September 19, 2024 · the check
Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno (R) | 2025-01-03 | office | United States Senator for Ohio |
| Moreno (R) | 2025 | bill | 2025 (bill): Introduced the Transportation Freedom Act, which would end federal electric-vehicle mandates and subsidies and reset fuel-economy standards. |
| Moreno (R) | 2025 | statement | 2025 (statement): Criticized the leasing exception to the electric-vehicle tax credit and the Federal Trade Commission's CARS rule as costly for car dealershi |
| Moreno (R) | 2025-01-03 | appointment | 2025-01-03 (appointment): Named to the Senate Banking Committee, including its Digital Assets Subcommittee, and to the Commerce Committee. |
| Moreno (R) | 2025-07-23 | bill | 2025-07-23 (bill): Was a lead sponsor of the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulation law signed in 2025, and helped move the CLARITY Act, a crypto market-structure |
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bill July 23, 2025
Was a lead sponsor of the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulation law signed in 2025, and helped move the CLARITY Act, a crypto market-structure bill.
Source: spectrumnews1.com
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appointment January 3, 2025
Named to the Senate Banking Committee, including its Digital Assets Subcommittee, and to the Commerce Committee.
Sources: congress.gov · unchainedcrypto.com · finance.yahoo.com
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bill 2025
Introduced the Transportation Freedom Act, which would end federal electric-vehicle mandates and subsidies and reset fuel-economy standards. The National Automobile Dealers Association supported it.
Sources: moreno.senate.gov · cbtnews.com
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statement 2025
Criticized the leasing exception to the electric-vehicle tax credit and the Federal Trade Commission's CARS rule as costly for car dealerships, and said the banking lobby was trying to stop financial innovation in the argument over stablecoin and deposit rules.
Source: cbtnews.com
Recorded votes
Bernie Moreno cast 910 Yea or Nay votes on the roll calls we hold, across 1 term from 2025 to 2026, all in Congress, from Voteview. Each term opens to every roll call, with the question, the result, how Bernie Moreno voted and how the majority of their party voted.
| Term | Chamber | Yea | Nay | Did not vote | With party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th Congress, 2025–2026 | U.S. Senate | 681 | 229 | 5 | 100% of 838 |
"With party" counts only roll calls on which most Republicans and most Democrats voted opposite ways.
Sources: Congressional roll-call votes · Roll call votes · Roll call votes
Money
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 26,035,781.44 | 98.6% | |
| Raised | Not in the filed totals (derived) | 378,319.71 | 1.4% | Derived: raised exceeds spent plus cash on hand in this filing; the difference is not itemized in the totals filed. |
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Bar | Segment | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 U.S. Senate, as of December 31, 2024 | Ohio | 8,739,423.54 | 48.5% |
| 2024 U.S. Senate, as of December 31, 2024 | Elsewhere | 9,280,006.44 | 51.5% |
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator from Ohio | FEC S4OH00192 | $26,920,694 | $378,320 | December 31, 2024 | |
| U.S. Senator from Ohio | FEC C00867010 | $14,078,303 | December 31, 2024 | ||
| U.S. Senator from Ohio | FEC C00837484 | $26,414,101 | $26,035,781 | December 31, 2024 |
Sources: fec.gov · fec.gov · projects.propublica.org
Source: opensecrets.org
From inside Ohio: $8,739,424 (48%), as of December 31, 2024. Itemized Schedule A contributions to committee C00837484 for the 2024 cycle with a filed Ohio address, as a percent of all itemized contributions to that committee for the cycle, via the FEC's schedule_a/by_state/ aggregate endpoint.
Source: api.open.fec.gov
Sources: api.open.fec.gov · fec.gov
Top donors, filed amounts first
An amount reported, committed or refunded rather than filed, or lent by the candidate, says so beside it and comes after every filed one.
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Penske Corp · $275,000 · campaign committee · Out of state · U.S. Senator from Ohio
auto dealership and transportation group; reported as the single largest donor to the Team Moreno joint fundraising committee
Sources: opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org
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Moreno family members · $134,000 · campaign committee · U.S. Senator from Ohio
members of his own family, giving to his Senate campaigns since 2021
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Suburban Natural Gas · $29,700 · PAC · U.S. Senator from Ohio
gas utility
Source: opensecrets.org
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Energy Transfer Partners · $26,650 · PAC · U.S. Senator from Ohio
pipeline company
Source: opensecrets.org
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National Automobile Dealers Association · $5,000 · PAC · U.S. Senator from Ohio
trade association political action committee, to Bernie Moreno For Ohio on November 12, 2024
Source: projects.propublica.org
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Corporate political action committees · $55,000 reported, not filed · PAC · U.S. Senator from Ohio
including political action committees tied to the banking and coal industries
Source: spectrumnews1.com
Outside spending
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U.S. Senator from Ohio · supporting $68,908,266 · opposing $85,641,468 · as of September 19, 2026
Winsenate · $72,265,547 · oppose
Defend American Jobs · $40,134,930 · support
Americans For Prosperity Action, Inc. (Afp Action) Dba Cva Action And Dba Libre Action · $12,715,428 · support
Senate Leadership Fund · $6,938,927 · support
Buckeye Leadership Fund, Inc. · $3,768,159 · oppose
Duty And Country · $3,193,055 · oppose
Sources: api.open.fec.gov · fec.gov
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U.S. Senator from Ohio · supporting $40,000,000 reported, not filed · as of November 5, 2024
Defend American Jobs · $40,000,000 reported, not filed · support
Sources: coindesk.com · cnbc.com · dlnews.com
Financial interests
Disclosed holdings
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His Senate financial disclosure lists more than 20 business entities and limited liability companies holding commercial and residential real estate in several states, stakes in Israeli venture-capital and other private-equity and venture funds, and family investment-fund holdings including Yellowstone Capital Partners, which is tied to a construction firm owned by his brother.
2025
Sources: news.politicalwallet.org · notus.org · daytondailynews.com
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He disclosed selling $100,000 to $250,000 of eToro Group Ltd. stock in May 2026. The market-analysis outlet Kavout, which reported the sale, says he took a personal loss on it and that he gave avoiding a conflict of interest while moving crypto legislation as his reason. He sits on the Senate Banking Committee's Digital Assets Subcommittee.
May 2026 · Reported by Kavout, on his Senate financial disclosure
Sources: kavout.com · congress.gov
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A note on his financial disclosure states that an alternative disclosure letter is on file with the Senate Ethics Committee because of investment confidentiality provisions, so some of his investment holdings are not itemized publicly.
2025
Source: news.politicalwallet.org
Disclosed income
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The reported Yellowstone Capital holding grew from a $500,000 to $1 million stake generating about $71,000 in income to a $1 million to $5 million stake generating over $180,000.
2025
Sources: news.politicalwallet.org · notus.org
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He reported that his shares in Ownum, the blockchain company he founded, were worth at least $5 million when he and his wife sold their interest in April 2023. Other reporting puts what they received at about $10 million.
April 2023
Sources: spectrumnews1.com · wosu.org
Reported conflicts
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Reported that two public bodies he sat on before running for the Senate, the executive committee of InnovateOhio and the board of MetroHealth, Cleveland's public hospital system, each took actions or gave endorsements that helped his blockchain company Ownum and its vehicle-titling spinoff CHAMP Titles, shortly before he sold his Ownum shares in April 2023.
February 7, 2024 · Reported by The Associated Press, reported by Spectrum News 1
Source: spectrumnews1.com
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Reported that although he said during the campaign he had sold his businesses to avoid conflicts of interest, he was listed as manager of companies including a realty entity being developed into a new Mercedes-Benz dealership, and that he moved to open a new dealership after joining the Senate while serving on the Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over auto and consumer matters.
September 4, 2024 · Reported by NBC News
Source: nbcnews.com
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Reported that in 2023, shortly before launching his Senate campaign, he settled more than a dozen wage-theft lawsuits brought by former dealership employees, paying over $400,000 to two of them, and that a state judge separately found that relevant business records had been lost or destroyed despite a duty to preserve them, while calling broader claims of wholesale destruction overblown.
March 2024 · Reported by Cleveland Scene and WKYC
Sources: clevescene.com · wkyc.com
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Reported that he bought five homes in the year before the election while campaigning on the cost of living.
August 20, 2024 · Reported by Ohio Capital Journal
Source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
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Reported that his campaign account of being a self-made immigrant entrepreneur sits alongside his family's wealth and political connections in Colombia and financial help he received in building his dealership business. His brother Luis Alberto Moreno is a former Colombian ambassador to the United States and former president of the Inter-American Development Bank; another brother co-founded the Colombian construction firm tied to the family's Yellowstone Capital holdings. His daughter is married to Representative Max Miller of Ohio.
July 29, 2024 · Reported by The Associated Press and WOSU Public Media, Axios and The New York Times
Net worth, as estimated
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$44,150,000 to $250,000,000, 2024
Estimated by Dayton Daily News and NOTUS, summing the value ranges in his Calendar Year 2024 Senate annual report.
Sources: daytondailynews.com · notus.org · news.politicalwallet.org
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$25,500,000 to $105,700,000, 2024
Estimated by WOSU Public Media, from his initial Senate candidacy filing.
Polling and approval
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
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ActiVote · October 21, 2024 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Moreno lead in points 3.8
Sources: activote.net · realclearpolling.com
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ActiVote · September 22, 2024 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Moreno lead in points 2.2
Sources: activote.net · realclearpolling.com
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National Republican Senatorial Committee internal poll · September 2024 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Brown lead in points 2
Source: newsweek.com
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ActiVote · August 12, 2024 · U.S. Senator from Ohio
Brown lead in points 5.0
Sources: activote.net · realclearpolling.com
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator from Ohio (2024) | Republican | Won | 2,857,383 | 50.1% |
Offices held
United States Senator for Ohio · 2025-01-03 to present · elected
Sources: ballotpedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · ohiocapitaljournal.com
Endorsements
In the endorsement sets
Ohio officials' endorsements of Donald Trump, 2016, 2020 and 2024 · 2024 · endorsed · U.S. Senate candidate (R-OH), elected Nov. 2024
Source: NBC News
Sources
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- Moreno part of push to advance major crypto legislation · Spectrum News 1 · 2025-07-23 · accessed 2026-09-18
- Bernie Moreno is running for Senate as an outsider, but public entities he served boosted business · Spectrum News 1 (AP) · 2024-02-07 · accessed 2026-09-18
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- Sen. Bernie Moreno addresses tariffs, affordability, and regulation impacting U.S. auto dealers · CBT News · accessed 2026-09-18
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- Crypto PACs Dominate Ohio Senate Race, Spending $40M on Sherrod Brown's Foe · CoinDesk · 2024-09-26 · accessed 2026-09-18
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- Crypto champion Bernie Moreno wins Senate seat in Ohio with $40m in industry cash · DL News · accessed 2026-09-18
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- MORENO, BERNIE - Candidate overview, 2023-2024 cycle · Federal Election Commission (FEC.gov) · accessed 2026-09-18
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- Moreno Unveils New Bill To Provide Historic Investment in American Auto Workers, Freedom for Consumers · Office of Sen. Bernie Moreno · accessed 2026-09-18
- Ohio GOP Senate candidate plans new car dealership amid scrutiny of his businesses · NBC News · accessed 2026-09-18
- Sherrod Brown's Fortunes Reversed in Ohio as Bernie Moreno Leads Polls · Newsweek · accessed 2026-09-18
- Young Money: Ohio's Newest Federal Lawmakers Are Among the State's Richest · NOTUS · accessed 2026-09-18
- Team Moreno Top Donors, 2024 · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-18
- Team Moreno Summary, 2024 · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-18
- Bernie Moreno - US Congress - Summary · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-18
- Penske Corp Profile: Summary · OpenSecrets · accessed 2026-09-18
- Sherrod Brown claim about Bernie Moreno and abortion misses the mark · PolitiFact · 2024-09-19 · accessed 2026-09-18
- 2024 Ohio Senate - Brown vs. Moreno · RealClearPolling · accessed 2026-09-18
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