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Elections · U.S. Senate · Ohio

Sherrod Brown

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$39M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$16M

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Brown faces Jon Husted for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Jon HustedRepublican · $14MSherrod Brownthis pageDemocrat · $39M

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

35%from small donors
Small donors
35%$14M
Large donors
46%$18M
PACs
2%$861K
Party
<1%$200
Self-funding
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Other
17%$6.6M

Separately, $143M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Ohio

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 4 of 5 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$24M
  • WinSenate$7.1M
    Democratic Senate leadership
  • National Association of Realtors Congressional Fund$2.4M
    Real estate industry
  • BlackPAC$2.3M
    Black voter mobilization, Democratic-aligned
  • New American Jobs Fund$2.2M
  • CFFE PAC$2.2M

The top 5 committees of the $24M filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

$118M
  • SLF PAC$64M
    Republican Senate leadership
  • American Crossroads$31M
    Republican
  • Americans for Prosperity Action$8.7M
    Koch network, free-market conservative
  • Buckeye Values PAC$8.7M
  • Ohio Flyer PAC$1.7M

The top 5 committees of the $118M filed in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Brown has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

What the campaign says, on sherrodbrown.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.