Democrats are making a play for Ohio in next year’s Senate race as former Sen. Sherrod Brown prepares an expected comeback attempt.

The Buckeye State was once firmly purple, but has become increasingly red in the Trump era. President Trump won the state in 2024 with 55 percent of the vote, and Brown lost his bid for reelection to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), winning 46.5 percent of the vote.

Those totals show Brown was much more popular with Ohio voters than former President Biden and former Vice President Harris, and Democrats think a lower-turnout midterm election could carry them to victory.

“When Trump is on the ballot, as Sherrod painfully found out, it's hard to win because his turnout is high, and he ends up spiking turnout in red parts of the state,” said David Pepper, a former

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