Jon Gruden Joins Trump Rally In Ohio To Campaign For Old Teammate Jon Husted

Ohio's special Senate race got a boost of star power on Saturday when ex-NFL coach Jon Gruden appeared with President Donald Trump at a Vandalia rally and urged people to vote for Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican. Gruden, who grew up with Cleveland-area parents, was born in Sandusky and went to the University of Dayton, said that roots in the state were his reason for showing up. He and Husted were Dayton teammates in 1985. Gruden credited the senator with 17 interceptions on the field and said the same persistence defines him in office. He also reminded the audience that early voting begins Tuesday and asked them to recruit friends, according to Daily Wire.

Trump, who has played golf with Gruden and praised him as a winner, joked that nobody had told him Husted was a standout athlete. The event was one stop on the president's run of appearances ahead of the midterms, which earlier in the week brought him to Oklahoma and Alabama. Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor, also addressed the crowd; he is running against Democrat Amy Acton, the state's former health director.

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