Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown announced a bid to once again represent Ohio in the Senate on Monday, nearly a year after his reelection effort in 2024 fell short.

Democrat Sherrod Brown, who served three terms in the Senate, has decided to run for the Ohio seat JD Vance had before he was elected vice president.

For all of Sherrod Brown’s pro-worker initiatives, some Ohio labor leaders grouse that he should run for governor against the GOP’s Vikram Ramaswamy next year. And iffy labor enthusiasm for a Brown Senate campaign is,

Recruiting Brown is a big step in the Democratic path to the majority, expanding a difficult Senate map, but it's no guarantee of success.