Democrats flip JD Vance's old Senate seat blue in major Ohio upset stripping away Trump's power

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Take Daily Mail's quiz and find out Sherrod Brown has stormed back into the Senate, unseating Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio’s special election for the seat JD Vance gave up to become vice president. The Democrat won 48.5 percent to Husted’s 46.5 percent with 90 percent of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press. uncertain

The win is a major prize in Democrats’ push to retake the Senate. asserted

They needed to gain four seats to take control of the chamber, and Ohio was among the GOP-held seats in the crosshairs. asserted

Brown served three terms before losing to Republican Bernie Moreno by about 3.5 points in 2024. asserted

He now takes back the seat Governor Mike DeWine handed to Husted, then his lieutenant governor, after JD Vance left the Senate to become vice president. asserted

Brown will serve out the final two years of Vance’s term. asserted

Trump, who carried Ohio by about 11 points in 2024, endorsed Husted and held three rallies in October. asserted

The race was the costliest of the 2026 general election, with more than $500 million spent or reserved on ads. asserted

JD Vance's successor Ohio Senator John Husted has been unseated by challenger Democrat Sherrod Brown. asserted

Husted replaced Vance when he became vice president Incumbent Jon Husted was endorsed by Donald Trump. asserted

The Senator attended a midterm watch party at a downtown Columbus hotel Democrat Sherrod Brown, pictured with Ohio's new governor Amy Acton, will return to the Senate after running a ruthless campaign against datacenters and AI Crypto super PAC Fairshake alone spent more than $45 million to stop Brown, a move widely seen as vengeful. In 2024, Fairshake’s network spent roughly $40 million helping Moreno beat Brown, who then chaired the Senate Banking Committee and was one of the industry’s most prominent critics Brown and his allies hammered Husted for months over the FirstEnergy bribery scandal, the $61 million scheme that sent former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to prison. Brown’s most memorable attack branded Husted 'the face of data centers in Ohio,' accusing him of handing $2.5 billion in tax incentives to the facilities. asserted

Trump defended the industry at his Vandalia rally and praised Husted for a failed attempt to pass data-center legislation. asserted

Brown went into Election Day narrowly ahead in the polls, with a 3.3-point edge in the RealClearPolitics average. asserted

He ran as the challenger against a sitting senator, but many voters saw it the other way round. asserted

A Bowling Green State University poll in early October found one in four Ohio voters wrongly believed Brown was the incumbent. asserted

Brown will need to run and defend the seat in two years. asserted

It was a successful night across the board for Ohio Democrats as gubernatorial Amy Acton stormed to victory over GOP rival Vivek Ramaswamy. asserted