Brown, a Cleveland Democrat fielded a question on the subject at the end of an interview on an unrelated subject. He gave a terse, one-word answer when asked if he plans to run for reelection: “Yes.”
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sen. Sherrod Brown said Tuesday that he plans to run for reelection in 2024, when his current term ends.
“Sherrod is proud to represent the people of Ohio and plans to continue working in the Senate to ensure Ohioans’ hard work pays off,” a Brown campaign spokesperson said. The political geography has gotten tougher for Ohio Democrats over the course of Brown’s term, with ex-President Donald Trump convincingly winning the state in 2016 and 2020. Republicans are expecting a good year this year, with Gov. Mike DeWine favored to win reelection against his Democratic challenger, Nan Whaley, though the U.S. Senate race between Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican author J.D. Vance has been surprisingly competitive.
That includes Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who is running for reelection this year after passing on the senate race, and state Sen. Matt Dolan, who placed a surprisingly high third in the contentious Republican Senate primary election in May, and whose state senate district in the Cleveland suburbs has become increasingly Democratic in recent years.