Elections · U.S. Senate · Ohio
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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.
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.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 35%$14M
- Large donors
- 46%$18M
- PACs
- 2%$861K
- Party
- <1%$200
- Self-funding
- --
- 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.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Jon Husted$14M
- Sherrod Brownthis page$39M
- Gregory Levy$80K
- Frederick Ode$5.0M
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.
Spending to support them
$24M- WinSenate$7.1MDemocratic Senate leadershipDemocratic Senate leadership
- National Association of Realtors Congressional Fund$2.4MReal estate industryReal estate industry
- BlackPAC$2.3MBlack voter mobilization, Democratic-alignedBlack 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$64MRepublican Senate leadershipRepublican Senate leadership
- American Crossroads$31MRepublicanRepublican
- Americans for Prosperity Action$8.7MKoch network, free-market conservativeKoch 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.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.