Pro-Trump businessman Mike Gibbons has officially launched his Senate campaign to fill the seat being left by retiring Ohio Senator Rob Portman.

Gibbons is surely vying for Trump’s endorsement and promised to continue pushing for his America First agenda pledging to support safer borders, small businesses, and American jobs. The Republican candidate helped lead Trump’s fundraising efforts in the Buckeye State during his 2016 presidential campaign.

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The Hill reports:

“I’ve achieved my American Dream. I’m running for Senate to help more people achieve their American Dreams,” Gibbons said in a statement.

“I’m a businessman, not a politician. I’m blunt, plain-spoken, and I tell it like it is. I’m running for Senate because this isn’t the time for career politicians or party insiders. The last thing we need is another go-along-to-get-along rubber stamp in Washington.”

Gibbons has been expected for months to mount a Senate campaign in Ohio. He stepped down from his role at the conservative super PAC he founded in 2019 earlier this year, signaling that a final decision on a Senate bid was imminent.

In jumping into the Senate race, Gibbons, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican Senate nomination in Ohio in 2018, joins a handful of candidates already competing for the GOP nod to replace Portman, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Among the other hopefuls are former Ohio state GOP chair Jane Timken, former state Treasurer Josh Mandel and businessman Bernie Moreno.

So far, no Democrat candidates have entered the race to fill the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat.