Sherrod Brown’s Ohio Senate Comeback Faces Third-Party Challenge

Former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown is seeking a return to the U.S. Senate by challenging Republican Jon Husted in Ohio’s November 3 election. The ballot also includes Greg Levy, a candidate from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, whose platform emphasizes a 90 % Pentagon budget cut, worker control of the nation’s 100 largest corporations, abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and community-run policing. Brown’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

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• A co/effective poll of 925 likely voters (Oct. 5-6) gave Husted a single-digit lead (44 % to Brown’s 43 %) and showed Levy at 3 % support.

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• A New York Times/Siena University poll of 616 likely voters (Sept. 22-Oct. 1) placed Brown ahead of Husted by three points (49 % to 46 %) with less than 0.5 % for Levy.

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• A CNN poll of 760 likely voters (Sept. 29-Oct. 5) had Brown leading Husted by six points (49 % to 43 %) and Levy at 2 %.

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• A Suffolk University poll of 500 likely voters (Sept. 23-27) showed Brown at 47 % and Husted at 44 %, with Levy receiving 1 %.

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All polls carry margins of error ranging from ±3.49 to ±4.5 percentage points.

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He also claimed that mailers sent by the Enough Promises Ohio PAC falsely impersonated his campaign; Levy posted on X that the mailers were “highly undemocratic” and “do a disservice to voters.”

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Both scholars suggest that even a modest progressive shift could be decisive if the race tightens.

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Ohio’s seat is one of a handful of toss-ups that could affect the Senate’s 53-47 Republican majority. Democrats need to flip four seats to claim a majority, with Vice President JD Vance poised to break a potential 50-50 split. Early voting is already under way, and forecasters such as the Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball label the Ohio race a toss-up, underscoring its national significance.

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