“I’ve agreed to answer the call to service and enter the race for United States Senate,” Renacci said.
Renacci said his previous lieutenant governor pick Amy Murray will chair his Senate campaign.
Related: If Trump asks, Renacci would run for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat
The NRSC generally stays neutral in GOP primary races but a source close to the Renacci campaign said the meeting “went very well.”
Renacci was in a three-way primary race for Ohio governor along with Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor and Attorney General Mike DeWine.
He now faces Cleveland area businessman Mike Gibbons, who has been running a credible campaign for months and just pledged $5 million of his own money toward the race.
Best-selling author J.D. Vance, a Middletown native, is giving the race serious consideration.
The Republican nominee will take on two-term incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown in November.
On Friday, Republican front runner Josh Mandel abruptly dropped out of the Senate race, citing serious health issues with his wife.
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