Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown was an Eagle Scout who spent summers working on his family's farm near Mansfield.¹ Today, he lives in Columbus with his wife, Connie Schultz, the author and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist; their blended family includes four children and eight grandchildren.² Their household also includes rescue dogs Franklin and Walter.²

Brown studied at Yale and Ohio State and taught at Ohio State's Mansfield campus while serving in the Ohio House.³ He went on to become Ohio's secretary of state, serve fourteen years in the U.S. House and spend eighteen in the Senate, ending in January 2025 after his reelection defeat.³ His final Senate years included chairing the Banking Committee.³

One substantial part of his record is the Butch Lewis pension rescue, which he championed through years of negotiations before its inclusion in the 2021 American Rescue Plan.⁴ The resulting law provided federal grants to help troubled pension plans pay promised retirement benefits.⁴ He also voted for Medicare's $35 insulin cap and authority to negotiate some prescription prices.⁵

Brown now proposes fining insurers that deny doctor recommended care and preventing drug companies from charging Americans more than patients abroad.⁶ He supports abortion rights, stronger union organizing protections and a higher minimum wage.⁵ He is seeking a return to the Senate against Republican incumbent Jon Husted in Ohio's special election.⁵