Republican Matt Dolan Announces Bid for Ohio Democrat’s Senate Seat in 2024

Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Thursday, March 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tom Williams, Pool via AP

Ohio State Sen. Matt Dolan, a Republican, announced on Jan. 17 that he will seek to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in 2024.

The 2024 bid will be Dolan’s second attempt to join the echelons of the U.S. Senate. Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team, lost the GOP nomination in 2022 by Sen. J. D. Vance (R-Ohio).