>>Conservative commentator Geraldo Rivera raised some eyebrows this week when he tweeted that he was considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. But it turns out he’s serious. >>Rivera told Cleveland.com in an interview posted Wednesday that he is looking into running and will go around the state soon on a listening tour. He said he sees himself as more of a moderate Republican similar to current Sen. Rob Portman, who said he would not seek reelection in 2022. >>Rivera, 77, has been tweeting from Florida, but Cleveland.com said he has a residence in Shaker Heights. He first indicated his interest in a tweet Wednesday that read, “Pondering running for [Portman’s] seat in United States Senate” with a #GoBuckeyes hashtag. He followed it up with a second tweet with the hashtag #Geraldo4Ohio that read, “From the Great River to the Great Lake, I’ll fight for you.” >>Rivera would face former state treasurer Josh Mandel and former state party chairman Jane Timken in the Republican primary. Both have positioned themselves as Trump allies. No Democrats have yet to formally declare, although Rep. Tim Ryan and former state health director Amy Acton are considering runs.