Sherrod Brown

Bernie Moreno, 57, who was born in Colombia, will be the first Latino to represent Ohio in the Senate.

While Trump is ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris by seven percentage points, Brown leads Moreno by two points, according to a new poll from the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.

The seat held by Ohio's Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is closely watched because it could change the balance of that body.

Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of one of the state's best-known Republican families, threw his support Sunday behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection race against GOP nominee Bernie Moreno.

Brown, who has held his Senate seat since 2007 and broadly supported LGBTQ+ rights throughout his career, is running against Republican businessman Bernie Moreno in a hotly contested swing state contest.

An off-the-cuff comment about reproductive rights by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio’s tight Senate race has put abortion at the center of debate in the most expensive Senate campaign this year. And that’s just where Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown wanted it.

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and his challenger, Republican Bernie Moreno, both say they are willing to debate, but time is running out.

The Senate Leadership Fund ad cites Brown’s votes on March 6, 2021, and March 22, 2024, as evidence that Brown, who generally supports LGBTQ+ rights, voted to allow transgender athletes in girls’ sports. Brown spokesperson Matt Keyes described both votes as "poison pill" amendments — designed to render legislation ineffective — to broader funding bills.

Democrats in Ohio and nationwide are seeing erosion among the organized labor that once reliably backed them. Union involvement, period, has been declining for decades.

Voters in Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown's hometown of Mansfield show the unique challenges – and advantages – he faces in the race.