Sherrod Brown has stormed back into the Senate, unseating Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio’s special election for the seat JD Vance gave up to become vice president.
The Democrat won 48.5 percent to Husted’s 46.5 percent with 90 percent of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press.
The win is a major prize in Democrats’ push to retake the Senate. They needed to gain four seats to take control of the chamber, and Ohio was among the GOP-held seats in the crosshairs.
Brown served three terms before losing to Republican Bernie Moreno by about 3.5 points in 2024.
He now takes back the
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