Moreno Unseats Longtime Democrat Brown in Ohio Senate Race

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) was defeated in a race that surpassed the previous record of $412 million in ad spending.

Bernie Moreno, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during a Trump campaign rally at Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio, on July 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, whose political career started when he was elected in Ohio in 1974 during President Gerald Ford’s presidency, saw his tenure come to an end when Trump-backed challenger Bernie Moreno was declared the winner in the most expensive non-presidential race in American history.

With 91 percent of the vote counted, the Associated Press called the race at 11:27 p.m. Moreno had 50.6 percent of the vote (2,667,385) percent of the vote compared to percent for 46 percent (2,428,433) for Brown.