Former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is trailing Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) in the polls after launching his 2026 comeback Senate campaign on Monday. An Emerson College poll released on Friday showed Husted leads Brown 50% to 44%,

“Husted has a 16-point lead among male voters and voters without a college degree, and a 14-point lead among voters over 40,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.