Ohio’s 2024 U.S. Senate race is heating up, with one of the most ideologically divided electoral contests in the state’s recent history, and the Today in Ohio podcast crew analyzed how it might break down Friday.

The race took an unexpected turn when 75-year-old entrepreneur Fred Ode announced his intention to challenge longtime Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in the primary. Ode, who sold his accounting software company to a private equity firm in 2020, plans to self-fund his campaign.

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