Bernie Moreno: the Trump-convert firebrand targeting Ohio Senate seat

Colombia-born populist once called Trump a lunatic' but now leads Republican bid to oust Sherrod Brown and seize Senate

Bernie Moreno won a convincing victory in the Republican Senate primary in Ohio on Tuesday night ensuring that the firebrand rightwinger goes up against the Democrat Sherrod Brown in the vital race.

Moreno's victory sees the Trump-backed politician become the party's standard-bearer against Brown in a contest that could decide control of the US Senate.