Morning Digest: Sherrod Brown gets his first opponent as more Ohio Republicans eye Senate race

_{The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.}

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Leading Off

● OH-Sen: State Sen. Matt Dolan on Tuesday became the first serious Ohio Republican to announce a bid against Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a move that comes less than a year after the Cleveland Guardians part-owner spent $10.6 million of his own money on a failed primary campaign for the Buckeye State's other seat. As we'll discuss, though, Dolan is far from the only candidate looking to take on Brown, who will be one of the GOP's top Senate targets this cycle.