Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown is listed by the FEC as a Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate from Ohio in the 2026 election cycle.

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[Wikipedia: Campaign finance] Brown has sponsored legislation to require corporate political action committees (PACs) to disclose their donors. When he was considering running for president in 2020, he pledged not to take donations from corporate PACs. He received $10.4 million in PAC money from 1997 to 2018…

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[Wikipedia: Trade] Brown has criticized free trade with China and other countries. In a 2006 Washington Post article, he argued against free trade on the grounds that labor activism was responsible for the growth of the U.S. middle class, and that the U.S. economy is harmed by trade relations with…

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[Wikipedia: Railroad safety] Brown was one of ten senators to cosponsor the Safe Freight Act in 2019, a bill requiring freight trains to have on board one or more certified conductors and a certified engineer who can collaborate on protecting the train and people living near the tracks. The legislation was…

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[Wikipedia: 1992 election] In 1992, Brown moved from Mansfield to Lorain, Ohio, and won a heavily contested Democratic primary for the open seat for Ohio's 13th district, in the western and southern suburbs of Cleveland, after eight-term incumbent Don Pease announced his retirement. The Democratic-leaning…

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[Wikipedia: Taxation and stimulus spending] Brown's opposition to the 2017 tax bill led to what was described as a "shouting match" with Senator Orrin Hatch, who accused Brown of "spouting off" to the effect that the tax bill benefited the rich. Vice President Mike Pence criticized Brown for his 2018 vote against the Repu…

Source: en.wikipedia.org retrieved May 13, 2026