Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-28.
In Congress: 898 bills and resolutions sponsored, 8093 cosponsored, 10 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov
Every Supreme Court confirmation while in the Senate, and Cabinet confirmations in the last two Congresses. Senate records, newest first.
Supreme Court
Voted Yea on Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2022-04-07, Confirmed 53–47, roll call)
Voted Nay on Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2020-10-26, Confirmed 52–48, roll call)
Voted Nay on Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2018-10-06, Confirmed 50–48, roll call)
Voted Nay on Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2017-04-07, Confirmed 54–45, roll call)
Voted Yea on Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S (2010-08-05, Confirmed 63–37, roll call)
Voted Yea on Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2009-08-06, Confirmed 68–31, roll call)
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Where they stand
In their own words, from their campaign website, summarised in plain English. Under each issue, their Senate votes: Final passage votes in the Senate in the last two Congresses (2023 to now), matched to each issue by Congress.gov's own topic for the bill (and its subject tags, unless it is a catch-all bill with dozens), closest votes first: a lopsided vote says little about where anyone stands.
Economy and cost of living
Brown says he opposes trade deals that ship Ohio jobs overseas and has fought to defend the dignity of work for Ohio families and workers.
“he’s always opposed unfair trade deals that hurt Ohio workers”
Brown says he fought to cap the cost of insulin and lower other prescription drug prices, and worked to get veterans exposed to toxic burn pits the care they were denied.
“Brown successfully fought to cap the cost of insulin and reduce the price of other prescription drugs for Ohio seniors.”
Brown says he worked to protect workers' pensions after Wall Street mismanagement, restored full Social Security payments to over 2 million public workers, and capped insulin prices for seniors.
“over 2 million former teachers, bus drivers, police officers, firefighters, and other workers are now receiving their full Social Security payments that previously were withheld by the federal government”
Brown says he worked with Republicans to ensure veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service received the care they were previously denied by the VA.
“Sherrod worked with Republicans to get them the care they deserved”
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Sherrod Brown (DEM)
Raised
$38.6M through 2026-06-30individuals $31.1M · PACs $861K · party $200 · from the candidate's other committees $6.3M · cash on hand $16.2M
Outside spending
$64.9M opposing Brown · $1.8M supporting Brown· latest reported 2026-09-25
Largest outside spenders
SLF PAC— $31.3M opposing Brown
· 17 ads on this pageLargest donors:
ONE NATION $70.7M (28%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $30.0M (12%), Adelson Drug Clinic, Physician; Stephen A Schwarzman $17.0M (7%), Blackstone, Chairman & CEO; Paul Elliott Singer $14.5M (6%), EMC, President; Elon Musk $10.0M (4%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEONO GOING BACK PAC INC.— $15.0M opposing BrownDEFEND AMERICAN JOBS— $5.7M opposing BrownLargest donors:
FAIRSHAKE $37.0M (>99%) (its largest donors: RIPPLE LABS INC. $48.0M, an organization; COINBASE $25.0M, an organization; COINBASE COMMERCE (EXCHANGE) $8.2M, an organization); RIPPLE LABS INC. $250K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION— $4.4M opposing Brown
· 6 ads on this pageLargest donors:
KOCH INC $30.0M (33%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); STAND TOGETHER INC. $20.0M (22%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Jim C Walton $7.0M (8%), Self-Employed, Philanthropist; S Robson Walton $7.0M (8%), Retired, Retired; STAND TOGETHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC $6.5M (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)OHIO FLYER PAC— $3.5M opposing BrownLargest donors:
A PUBLIC VOCIE, INC. $1.0M (35%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); TEAM HUSTED $513K (18%) (its largest donors: LAMONCHA, MARK $735K; Larry Connor $258K, THE Connor Group; Susan B Haslam $147K, Haslam Sports Group); Lawrence S Connor $250K (9%), Real Estate, THE Connor Group; Brian Colleran $250K (9%), Foundations Health Solutions, CEO; CHEVRON CORPORATION $200K (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)and 20 more
What named supporters and critics say, as reported. Shown in equal numbers.
Praise
Ohio State Medical Association: Endorsed Brown for re-election citing his support for Medicaid expansion, reversing Medicare payment cuts, and fighting the opioid crisis. cleveland.com
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Lauren French: A Democratic Senate Majority PAC spokesperson said Husted always sided with Trump over Ohio families, implicitly backing Brown's candidacy. usatoday.com
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Jeff Rusnak: Democratic strategist called Brown the best possible candidate Democrats could get and the best retail politician in Ohio. washingtonexaminer.com
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AFL-CIO president: Praised the USMCA trade agreement that Brown helped negotiate with stronger labor and environmental provisions. wosu.org
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Criticism
Rob Portman: Praised the flexibility the Cassidy-Graham health bill gives states, implicitly countering Brown's criticism of the bill. wosu.org
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Patrick Eisenhauer: Brown's campaign manager criticized Husted for voting to shut down the government, spiking health care costs, and supporting tariffs. axios.com
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Tyson Shepard: Husted's spokesperson said Brown would be starting in the biggest hole of his political career as Schumer's handpicked candidate. cincinnati.com
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Phil Letsou: Moreno's spokesman said Brown is a bitter career politician lashing out because he has to find a real job. cnn.com
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Controversies
Stated as reported. Most are reported by at least two independent news outlets or found in an official record; any with only one source so far is marked Single source.
A complaint filed with the FEC alleged that Brown's campaign committee accepted an illegal in-kind corporate contribution from Whirlpool Corporation by using the company's logo and employees in a campaign ad; the FEC dismissed the allegations.
Abuse and assault allegations raised by 2018 opponent Jim Renacci
During the 2018 Senate campaign, Republican opponent Jim Renacci said 'multiple women' had contacted him alleging Brown assaulted them between his two marriages; an attorney also released a statement describing an alleged 'unwanted' advance by Brown against a woman in the late 1980s. Brown denied the allegations and his campaign called them unsubstantiated and threatened legal action.
Response: "It's absolutely untrue," Brown told the Dayton Daily News. "...Renacci should be ashamed of this. He's clearly a desperate candidate just doing whatever he can do to upend everything. There's no truth to those."
Court filings from Brown's 1986 divorce, revived in later campaigns including by a 'dark money' website tied to a Republican consulting firm, included his ex-wife Larke Recchie's sworn statements accusing Brown of pushing, shoving and intimidating her; she did not pursue formal charges and later became a public supporter of Brown, calling the attacks 'disgusting.'
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