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Husted Says NRSC Ad Linking Brown to Crash Pulled

8/29/2026

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  • National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) ad linked Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown to fatal Ohio highway crash, airing August 2026.
  • Family of crash victims objected to the ad’s use of their story.
  • The ad claimed Brown’s immigration policies let naturalized driver Modou Ngom, under ICE investigation, drive on U.S. roads.
  • Senator Jon Husted said a third-party group produced the ad and confirmed it was taken down.