Republican Bernie Moreno has unseated Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, The Associated Press projects, putting Republicans on the edge of taking control of the U.S. Senate

Democratic efforts to salvage their Senate majority slipped further out of reach Tuesday after Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio lost his reelection to Republican Bernie Moreno, a wealthy Trump-era newcomer.

Republican businessman Bernie Moreno has defeated incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, boosting Republican chances of taking back control of the