Former Sen. Sherrod Brown has reportedly decided to challenge Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio, a major development that would give Democrats a long-coveted recruit in a tough state.

The news, which was first reported by the Plain Dealer’s Jeremy Pelzer, has major implications for Democrats well outside the Buckeye State. Win or lose, Brown’s entry widens a narrow map for Senate Democrats, increasing the number of ways they could net the four seats they need to retake the majority next year.

Brown, who lost reelection last year to Bernie Moreno for the state’s other Senate seat, has yet to confirm he’ll take on Husted, but Axios reports he’ll announce his campaign “in the next two weeks.”

Brown has the chance to return to the Senate so soon after his defeat because JD Vance’s election

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