Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Campbell Brown ( SHERR-əd; born November 9, 1952) is an American politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Ohio. Previously, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, was Ohio secretary of state from 1983 to 1991, and was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and has been described as a populist. A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Brown graduated from Yale University and Ohio State University. Brown was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, defeating two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine. He was reelected in 2012 and 2018. Throughout his tenure, Brown chaired the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and served on the Committees on Finance, Veterans' Affairs, and Ethics. Brown ran for reelection to a fourth term in 2024, but lost to Republican Bernie Moreno. He is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Ohio, challenging incumbent senator Jon Husted.