Koch group puts another $2.2 million into Ohio's Senate race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Political groups backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch are spending $7.7 million on television and online advertising in the Ohio Senate race — part of a broader plan to focus on the Republican-led Senate instead of the presidential race.

The Ohio spending comes as the billionaire industrialists — and major funders of conservative causes and candidates — have distanced themselves from the presidential race and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, at least for now.