Now that Sherrod Brown, the state’s most prominent Democrat, has decided he will run next year to return to the U.S. Senate, the 2026 elections are beginning to take shape. Brown said Monday that he’s focused on beating incumbent Jon Husted (R-OH), Ohio’s former lieutenant governor, to head back to D.C.

Brown said he hadn’t intended to run again, “but I can’t stand on the sidelines and do nothing about this. The system is rigged against workers in this country and it has been for years. And I spent my career taking on that rigged system and I have seen in the last few months that the system is more rigged against workers than it has been.”

Brown said he talked with around 50 labor leaders and they assured him they will support his candidacy for the senate seat. Brown will also have suppo

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