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Summit County, OH ballot

Sherrod Brown

Democratic

U.S. Senator (Unexpired term ending 1-3-2029) · Summit County, Ohio · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: William B. Redpath (Libertarian), Jon Husted (Republican), Greg Levy (Other-party candidate)

Sherrod Brown is the Democratic former three-term U.S. Senator seeking to reclaim the Ohio seat he lost in 2024. He built his career chairing the Senate Banking Committee and opposing major free-trade deals, and now campaigns on prescription-drug costs and opposition to corporate tax breaks.

What this office decides

A U.S. Senator writes and votes on federal law, taxes, and spending, and confirms federal judges and executive appointees. The seat also shapes federal policy on health coverage, immigration, guns, energy, and the use of American force abroad. This is a special election for the rest of a term ending in January 2029.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: opposed. No direct Trump statement about Brown was found, but Trump gave his "Total Endorsement" to Jon Husted, Brown's opponent in this race, in a contest widely framed by outlets as a Husted-vs-Brown fight. source

  • Ohio AFL-CIO (for) source
  • Ohio Conference of Teamsters (for) source
  • Feminist Majority PAC (for) source

Who they are

Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, served three Senate terms (2007-2025) before losing re-election to Republican Bernie Moreno in 2024 (Ballotpedia). He previously was an Ohio state representative (1975-82), Ohio Secretary of State (1982-90), and U.S. House member (1993-2007), and chaired Senate Banking, 2021-2025 (Banking Cmte bio).

Positions

  • Taxes & spending: His campaign site says he has fought "massive tax breaks to corporations and billionaires at the expense of hardworking Ohioans" (sherrodbrown.com).
  • Business & regulation: As Banking chair, pushed stronger Dodd-Frank amendments and opposed rolling back post-2008 bank rules (EBSCO).
  • Health care: Says he "fought to cap the cost of insulin and reduce the price of other prescription drugs for Ohio seniors" (sherrodbrown.com).
  • Personal freedom: Carries a 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund rating per Vote Smart's compilation of his record (Vote Smart).

Record

Opposed NAFTA, CAFTA, and the TPP; wrote the bipartisan 2015 Leveling the Playing Field Act on trade enforcement, signed by Obama (EBSCO). Since 2024 he has toured Ohio on health coverage and tariff impacts on farmers (PBS NewsHour).

Money

"Friends of Sherrod Brown" raised $38,566,234.10 in total receipts (Aug. 2025-June 2026), spent $22,336,492.78, with $16,229,741.32 cash on hand (FEC).

Recent news

  • 2026-09-23: PolitiFact rated "Mostly True" his campaign ad's claim that Husted directed billions in tax breaks to data centers (PolitiFact).
  • 2026-09-19: Pivoted from GOP trans-issue attacks to costs, per Daily Kos (commentary) (Daily Kos).
  • 2026-02-21: Ohio AFL-CIO endorsed Brown; president Tim Burga said "Sherrod has never backed down from a fight to stand up for all Ohioans" (Ironton Tribune).

What we couldn't find

  • No explicit immigration position.
  • No explicit statement on foreign or military policy.
  • A Teamsters endorsement was reported only in a critical opinion piece.
Sources (13)