Sherrod Brown
- Democratic · On the Nov 3 ballot for US Senate, Ohio, special election
- Served
- US Senate OH, 2007 to 2025; US House OH-13, 1993 to 2007
- Background
- Professor
- Raised
- $68.4M
- Cash on hand
- $4.5M
- First race on record
- 1990
- Age
- 73
- Races
- Won 10 of 11
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score −0.767 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 425,209 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US Senate, Ohio, special election · Tue, Nov 3
Sherrod Brown DemocraticJon Husted Republican (inc.)Greg Levy IndependentWilliam Redpath Libertarian
- Newest poll
- Brown 46.6, Husted 43.8, Levy 1.6, Redpath 1.6 · Suffolk University, Oct 26, 2026 · polls as of Oct 30, 2026, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US Senate, OH | Lost | 46.5% | Bernie Moreno 50.1% |
| 2018 | US Senate, OH | Won · primary won 100% | 53.4% | |
| 2012 | US Senate, OH | Won · primary won 100% | 50.7% | |
| 2006 | US Senate, OH | Won · primary won 78.1% | 56.2% | |
| 2004 | US House, OH-13 | Won | 67.4% | |
| 2002 | US House, OH-13 | Won | 69% | |
| 2000 | US House, OH-13 | Won · primary won 100% | 64.6% | |
| 1998 | US House, OH-13 | Won · primary won 100% | 61.5% |
Earlier races (3 more races)
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | US House, OH-13 | Won · primary won 100% | 60.8% | |
| 1994 | US House, OH-13 | Won · primary won 100% | 49.1% | |
| 1992 | US House, OH-13 | Won · primary won 45.5% | 53.3% |
Filed with the FEC, no race in our files: 1990 Secretary of State, OH.
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $64.0M · Debts owed $0
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $68,409,200. Cash on hand $4,452,803. Spent $63,956,397. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Friends of Sherrod Brown. No donor names are shown.
More about Sherrod Brown
Offices held (2 terms and offices)
- 2007 to 2024US Senate, Ohio · 3 terms
- 1993 to 2006US House, Ohio District 13 · 7 terms
Background
- Professor
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (9 sources)
Ballot listing, liveresults.ohiosos.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
- First win in our records: US Senate OH, 2006-11-07. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits