Democrat Sherrod Brown wins Ohio Senate race in major blow to Republicans
Summary
Sherrod Brown won Ohio’s special Senate election, defeating Republican incumbent Jon Husted and returning to the seat he held for 18 years before losing in 2024. Brown campaigned on lowering living costs and criticized President Donald Trump’s policies, while the result moved Democrats closer to a Senate majority.Key Facts
- Brown defeated Husted in a special election for the final two years of the Senate term JD Vance won in 2022.
- Ohio’s governor appointed Husted to the Senate in 2025 after Vance became vice-president.
- Brown will decide whether to seek re-election when the term ends after 2028.
- Brown made lowering costs for working-class people a central campaign theme.
- Brown criticized Trump’s war with Iran, tariff policies and datacenter construction.
- Husted supported new datacenter development while serving as Ohio’s lieutenant governor.
- Husted sought Senate passage of a bill requiring utilities to consider making datacenters cover costs tied to their effects on the electric grid.
- The article says Democrats need to hold seats in Georgia, New Hampshire and Minnesota and win at least four other seats to regain a Senate majority.
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