State: OH
Membership in Under-Represented Communities: NA
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Senator Sherrod Brown served in the U.S. Senate from 2007 to 2025. Born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio, Brown worked on his family farm before earning a degree in Russian studies from Yale and a Master of Public Administration from Ohio State University. He briefly taught in public schools and at Ohio State before entering politics. Brown was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1974, becoming its youngest member at the time. He later served as Ohio Secretary of State from 1983 to 1991, losing reelection in 1990 to Republican Bob Taft. In 1992, Brown moved to Lorain, Ohio, and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio’s 13th District, serving six terms. In 2006, he was first elected to the Senate after defeating Republican incumbent Mike DeWine. He was reelected in both 2012 and 2018. In 2024, Sen. Brown ran for a fourth term in office, but failed to be reelected after losing to the Republican challenger Bernie Moreno by four points. Brown is married to Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz, and they live in Cleveland.
