Senate candidate Bernie Moreno campaigns as an outsider. His wealthy family is politically connected

Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno likes to portray himself as a political outsider.

Moreno 's family is politically connected in both the U.S. and Colombia .

If elected, Moreno would be among the top eight wealthiest senators in the Senate .

His family's wealth and political connections are nothing new to the Senate , whose members are worth more than $30 million .

Luis Alberto Moreno's connections in business stem from his time as president of the Inter-American Development Bank , the largest source for long-term financing in Latin America and the Caribbean .

During his tenure from 2005 to 2020 , he oversaw the biggest capital increase in the international bank’s history.

He also drew criticism from U.S. lawmakers for the way the bank, whose mission is to fight poverty in the region, lost nearly $1 billion by plowing a large chunk of its cash reserves into mortgage-backed securities at a time Wall Street was fleeing toxic assets blamed for triggering the 2008 global financial crisis.

Andrade maintains his innocence and has helped U.S. authorities untangle Odebrecht 's web of corruption in Colombia .

Among his advocates in Washington is former Sen. Connie Mack , R- Florida .

He has accused Colombia 's former attorney general of retaliation after he moved to cancel the company's contract without compensation.