Sherrod Brown is a Democratic American politician who represented Ohio for seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and three terms in the U.S. Senate before he was defeated in 2024. In 2026 he won his race to return to the Senate, defeating Republican Jon Husted.
Brown is known for his progressive politics, which include support for the American worker, defense of same-sex marriage, and reform of the financial services industry. Brown graduated from Yale University with a degree in Russian studies and was elected to the Ohio state legislature in 1974, when he was just 21 years old.