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Veteran politicians Sherrod Brown, Jon Husted compete for Ohio Senate seat once held by Vance

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Smyth, J. C. (2026, November 3). Veteran politicians Sherrod Brown, Jon Husted compete for Ohio Senate seat once held by Vance. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/veteran-politicians-sherrod-brown-jon-husted-compete-for-ohio-senate-seat-once-held-by-vance/article_6b878201-c1b9-5e17-820f-ec4748412ccc.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-03 · by Julie Carr Smyth

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Republican Sen. Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown are competing for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Vice President JD Vance. The race is one of the most expensive this year, with both candidates having long records in public office. Brown, 73, aims to reclaim his former position after losing it two years ago to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno. Husted, who took over the seat through appointment earlier this year, faces criticism for his role in attracting data centers and passing a controversial nuclear plant bailout bill. The campaign has focused on economic issues and dissatisfaction with rising prices and the Iran war, as well as President Trump’s low popularity among voters.
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As of November 3, 2026, veteran politicians Sherrod Brown and Jon Husted are competing for the Ohio Senate seat once held by Vice President JD Vance. The winner will complete the final two years of Vance's six-year term, which began in 2022. Current Republican Senator Jon Husted, who took over the seat via appointment in January 2025 after Bernie Moreno’s victory, faces a strong challenge from Democrat Brown, who was ousted by Moreno in a contentious race two years ago but remains Ohio’s most successful politician.

Despite Ohio shifting rightward, Democrats view this election as pivotal for regaining Senate control. Widespread dissatisfaction with rising prices and the Iran war, coupled with President Donald Trump's declining popularity, hampers his ability to support candidates like Husted effectively. Although not explicitly stated in the article, Brown is seen as a populist who supports pro-union and pro-working class policies.

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Viewed as one of the Senate’s most liberal members when he served, Brown considers himself an old-fashioned populist, long embracing pro-union, pro-working class positions such as federal pension guarantees, “Buy American” budget provisions and other policies that foster what he promotes as “the dignity of work.”
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🔮 The winner will serve the final two years of the six-year Senate term Vance won in 2022.
2026-11-03 · Toronto Star
Veteran politicians Sherrod Brown, Jon Husted compete for Ohio Senate seat once held by Vance · assertive framing

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The Ohio seat formerly held by Vice President JD Vance is up for grabs on Tuesday as Republican Sen. Jon Husted tries to ward off a stiff challenge from Democrat Sherrod Brown in one of the most hard-fought and costly Senate races in the country. asserted
Husted → hold → country
The winner will serve the final two years of the six-year Senate term Vance won in 2022. asserted
Vance → serve → 2022
Husted, the former lieutenant governor, has held the seat since his appointment in January 2025. asserted
Husted → hold → January
Brown, 73, was ousted from the Senate two years ago by Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno in a bitter campaign. asserted
Brown → oust → campaign
Despite the loss, Brown’s status as one of Ohio’s most successful politicians — and the only nonjudicial Democrat to win a statewide race in 18 years — prompted the party to rally around him for a comeback bid. asserted
status → win → bid
Although Ohio has faded as a national bellwether because of its recent rightward lurch, Democrats see the state as crucial to winning Senate control. asserted
Democrats → fade → control
There’s widespread dissatisfaction with rising prices and the Iran war, and President Donald Trump’s low popularity complicates his ability to promote candidates like Husted. asserted
popularity → ’ → Husted
Still, Trump and Vance repeatedly visited the state to campaign for him, even pressing a positive message on artificial intelligence data centers that was aimed at reversing one of Husted’s key vulnerabilities. asserted
that → visit → vulnerabilities
The race featured political veterans Ohio’s third U.S. Senate race in as many election cycles features no political newcomer, unlike when Moreno and Vance won their seats. asserted
race → win → seats
Both of this year’s candidates have long records in public office. asserted
Both → have → office
Brown and allied groups have hammered Husted, 59, over his role as Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s point person in attracting data centers to the state and actions he took to help pass a nuclear plant bailout at the heart of a long-running $60 million bribery investigation. asserted
he → hammer → investigation
Husted also received campaign donations from retail magnate Les Wexner, a billionaire who employed the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein to manage his fortune. asserted
who → receive → fortune
Husted has never been accused of any crime associated with the bribery scandal. asserted
Husted → accuse → scandal
He also said he donated all available Wexner donations to an anti-sex trafficking charity. asserted
he → say → charity
Husted and supportive interest groups attacked Brown for positions he took over his 32 years as a congressman and senator and portrayed him as part of the Democratic Party’s far-left flank. asserted
he → attack → flank
Viewed as one of the Senate’s most liberal members when he served, Brown considers himself an old-fashioned populist, long embracing pro-union, pro-working class positions such as federal pension guarantees, “Buy American” budget provisions and other policies that foster what he promotes as “the dignity of work.” asserted
he → view → work
Husted attacked Brown as supporting ‘crazy stuff’ asserted
Husted → attack → stuff
To highlight Brown’s many years in Washington, Husted ran one ad noting that he was a 7-year-old playing pee wee football when Brown first went to Congress. asserted
Brown → highlight → Congress
Another cited Brown’s vote in favor of the bank bailout of 2008, nearly two decades ago, to paint him as beholden to Wall Street. asserted
Another → cite → Street
Meanwhile, Husted promoted himself to voters as a fiscal conservative who favors income tax cuts and cutting regulatory red tape. asserted
who → promote → tape
He accused Brown and Democrats of being for “crazy stuff.” asserted
He → accuse → stuff
The campaign cast Brown’s opposition to a federal ban on certain kinds of healthcare for transgender people as support for “sex change surgery for minors” and “irreversible surgery on kids.” asserted
campaign → cast → kids
Brown’s stance is that those decisions should be made by patients and their families rather than the government. asserted
decisions → make → patients
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