Sherrod Brown wins Ohio 2026 Senate election, flipping seat for Democrats
Brown’s comeback gives Democrats a rare statewide sweep after polls showed a close race, according to NBC News and CNN projections.
- On Tuesday, Democrat Sherrod Brown won Ohio's Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Husted in a significant flip for Democrats seeking control of the Senate.
- Following his 2024 loss to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, Brown mounted a comeback. Husted, appointed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to replace Vice President JD Vance, struggled to overcome his association with data center projects.
- The contest became one of the nation's most expensive, with candidates and outside groups spending more than $422 million. Brown framed Husted as "the face of data centers," a liability that hampered his campaign.
- In Ohio's other marquee race, Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy. Strategists worried that backlash from Ramaswamy's $4 million attack ad, which Husted said he "would not have run," hurt the broader GOP ticket.
- Brown will serve the remaining two years of the six-year term won by Vance in 2022. He faces reelection in 2028 to maintain his Senate seat.
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Democrat Sherrod Brown will win Ohio Senate race, CNN projects, 2 years after losing seat
By Lauren Fox Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown will return to the US Senate after unseating Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, giving his party a major win in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate contests. Brown’s victory marks a major political comeback in a state that has reliably
In a tight U.S. Senate race in midwestern Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown defeated Republican Jon Husted on Tuesday, winning his party another seat in a crucial battle for control of the upper house of Congress.
Longtime Dem Sen who lost his seat 2 years ago projected to secure comeback victory in midterm battleground
Sherrod Brown defeated Jon Husted in the Ohio special election to reclaim the Senate seat he lost to Bernie Moreno, marking a remarkable political comeback for the Democrat.
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