Annie Comes Home: Connie is the best person I know

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Connie is the best person I know

Hi,

It's Sherrod Brown, Connie Schultz's husband. ☺️

Today is Valentine's Day, and like most days, I'll be having dinner with Connie tonight.

We've been together for 23 years. She's been with me through the good days and the thousands of conversations with hardworking Ohioans that remind us why this work matters.

She's the one who walks with me – and with Franklin and Walter – when I'm thinking out loud about how to help a mom afford her kid's prescriptions or how to fight for an autoworker whose plant just shut down.

Connie listens, and she inspires me to fight harder than I ever could on my own. She's the best person I know, and she makes the world brighter and better every day.

Winning this race won't be easy, but as Connie always reminds me: When people show up for each other, real change is possible.

She's right (as usual). I've seen it in the unions who have each other's backs, in the working families who help each other out, and in the Ohioans who refuse to let these divisive guys in Washington tear us apart.

So this Valentine's Day, if you believe in showing up for the people you care about – today and every day – I hope you'll consider chipping in $23, one dollar for every year Connie and I have been together.

Will you contribute $23 now to help bring working Ohioans together, reach our critical $100,000 mid-month goal, and flip this seat?

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