Former President Donald Trump has emerged as the mainstay of campaign ads in the 2022 Republican primaries, with candidates battling over who is most allied with Mr.

Trump and his America First agenda.

From Alabama to Ohio to Pennsylvania, Republican candidates already have shelled out at least $2.2 million on Trump-inspired ads, according to a tally from Advertising Analytics, a nonpartisan ad tracker.

“Even if Republican candidates don’t agree with him on every issue, owning the brand communicates their values and level of testosterone.”.

Trump from candidates running for the same office, particularly in red states and red congressional districts where Mr.

Trump on an airport tarmac and in which she says she stood with “Trump to ensure no election here can ever be stolen.”.

Not to be outdone, her rival, Lynda “Lindy” Blanchard, a major Trump donor, introduced herself to voters as a Trump-like figure, describing herself as a businesswoman and outsider.

Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.

The narrator says Mrs.

Blanchard will “fight for President Trump’s [border] wall,” and says, “President Trump named her the ambassador to Slovenia.”.

The ad closed out with: “Driven by faith, trusted by President Trump, conservative outsider Lindy Blanchard for governor.”.

The race to be the Trumpiest has been intense in the GOP nomination race for the Senate in the Buckeye State.

Mike Gibbons, a candidate for the GOP Senate nomination in Ohio, aired an ad attacking rival J.D.

“Vance called President Trump an ‘idiot,’ and ‘reprehensible,’ the narrator says in the 30-second spot, which also features old footage of Mr.

“President Trump made America safer, stronger and more prosperous than ever before,” he says.

“I approve this message because President Trump fought for you, I will do the same.”.

Senate, released a digital ad promising to donate $1 million to the charity of Mr