{"id":2599198,"date":"2026-05-05T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-senate-race-set-with-sherrod-brown-vs-jon-husted\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:24:36","slug":"ohio-senate-race-set-with-sherrod-brown-vs-jon-husted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-senate-race-set-with-sherrod-brown-vs-jon-husted\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Senate race set with Sherrod Brown vs. Jon Husted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohio-senate-race-set-with-sherrod-brown-vs-jon-husted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) will face Democrat Sherrod Brown in November in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the ... | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> for the Ohio Senate seat left open after JD Vance became vice president.Brown, previously a three-term senator, was projected by the Associated press to win the Democratic nomination and had little to no opposition. Husted, appointed to the seat by Gov. Mike DeWine, won the GOP primary unopposed, and the general election will determine who holds the seat until 2028-when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-condemns-biden-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"RNC chair condemns Biden abortion policy\">full term<\/a> election will be required. The race is seen as important to efforts by Democrats to regain control of the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-husted\/\">Jon Husted<\/a> (R-OH) will face Democrat <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sherrod-brown\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sherrod-brown\/\">Sherrod Brown<\/a> in November after Tuesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >primary election results<\/a> as part of a special election for the seat formerly held by now-Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, a former three-term senator who was ousted in 2024 by now-Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), was projected by the <em>Associated Press<\/em> to win the Democratic nomination in a race where he faced virtually no resistance.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4556389\/gop-democrats-gerrymander-targets-supreme-court-ruling\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Red or blue? 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Mike DeWine (R-OH), in the midterm elections. Husted was unopposed in the GOP primary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4544121\/jon-husted-sherrod-brown-fundraising-polling-ohio-senate-race\/\">JON HUSTED KEEPS COOL DESPITE SHERROD BROWN\u2019S FUNDRAISING AND POLLING GAINING STEAM IN OHIO SENATE RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ohio race is one of several GOP-leaning states crucial to Democratic efforts to retake the upper chamber that Republicans control 53-47. <\/p>\n<p>The winner will hold the seat until 2028, when they will have to run for a full term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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