Sherrod!
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To say the least, it’s an uphill battle for even Sherrod Brown to win in Ohio at this point, but I am glad he is giving it a shot because if he can’t, no one can.
Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has told Democratic allies that he intends to run for Senate next year, two people familiar with his plans told CNN, and is soon poised to launch a 2026 campaign aimed at vindicating his defeat two years ago after three decades in Congress.
The decision to run for Senate, which Brown had quietly considered for months, adds another layer of intrigue to the Democratic Party’s uphill fight to win control of the Senate. Yet his candidacy is far from a winning bet, considering the rising GOP strength in Ohio, where Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who was appointed to the job earlier this year, faces reelection.
Brown is making good on the promise he made in his farewell speech on the Senate floor in December 2024, declaring: “It’s not, I promise you, the last time you’ll hear from me.”
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A critical battleground as recently as 2012, Ohio was treated by both parties as non-competitive in the 2024 presidential race. Brown ran well ahead of the top of the Democratic ticket, losing by 3.6 percentage points while the party’s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, lost by 11.2 points in Ohio.
The problem here is that Trump is simply not particularly unpopular, and certainly no more than he was in 2018. So I don’t know if there will be the wave needed to pull once Democratic Trump voters back to Brown. Husted doesn’t exactly inspire anyone though and Trump’s downticket abilities are not great. So maybe…..