Tim Ryan, a Democrat, has earned the support of Liz Cheney in the Ohio Senate election.

 Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) endorsed Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan over Republican J.D. Vance in the Ohio Senate race on Tuesday, the latest indication of how far the former House Republican leadership member has distanced herself from the Trump-dominated side of her party.

Cheney, a member of the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, told journalist Judy Woodruff at a discussion on the state of the nation at Cleveland State University, "I would not vote for J.D. Vance."

Cheney responded, "I would" when Woodruff asked if she would vote for Ryan if she were an Ohio voter.

It is the latest indication that Cheney, who voted to impeach former President Trump and was defeated in Wyoming's Republican primary in August by a candidate favoured by Trump, has fallen out of favour with Republicans who remain loyal to the former president.

Former Trump critic Vance now describes him as "the best president of my lifetime."

Trump's support is significantly responsible for Vance's nomination as the Republican contender for the Senate.

After receiving Trump's backing in April, he defeated former state Treasurer Josh Mandel and businessman Mike Gibbons to win the Ohio Republican primary.

Vance has also endorsed Trump's accusations of significant election fraud in the 2020 election, telling the Youngstown Vindicator last year, "There were undoubtedly a substantial number of individuals voting unlawfully."

In January, he told Spectrum News, "I believe the basic problem is that powerful individuals in this country made a major effort to sway the election."

"I don't care whether you say it's rigged or stolen," he continued. "I'll say what I'm going to say."

Cheney has frequently rejected Trump's allegations of electoral fraud as untrue, and at a hearing last month, she stated that the former president realised he had lost a fair election.

"President Trump knew from irrefutable sources that his election fraud accusations were baseless," she stated at the Jan. 6 committee's October hearing on Trump's mental condition prior to and during the 2021 Capitol attack.

"He acknowledged that he had lost the election and acted accordingly," she stated.

Ryan, who has represented the blue-collar region of Youngstown for nearly two decades in the House, trails Vance by two points, according to the average of recent Real Clear Politics polls.

Mid-October polls performed by the Marist Institute of Public Opinion and the Siena College Research Institute indicated a deadlock. According to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, the race is "leaning Republican."

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