OHIO

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio plans to try to return to the Senate in 2026, giving the Democratic Party a strong recruit in its effort to take back control of the chamber next year, according to three people with knowledge of his decision.

Brown, who served in the Senate for three terms until his defeat in 2024, immediately becomes the Democratic front-runner to face Sen. Jon Husted, a first-term Republican whom Gov. Mike DeWine appointed to file the vacancy created by JD Vance's elevation to the vice presidency.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision that is not yet public. Cleveland.com first reported on Brown's decision.

Brown, 72, was a mainstay of Ohio politics for decades, dating to 1974, when he was the youngest person ever elected to the Ohi

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