Annie Comes Home: Sherrod’s opponent beat us to the air. We need to act.

Friday, May 1, 2026

Sherrod’s opponent beat us to the air. We need to act.

Hi, it's Patrick, Sherrod Brown's campaign manager.

Sherrod and I just sat down and decided to charge ahead with the riskiest decision we've made of this campaign: We're launching our first TV ads TODAY… which is much earlier than we planned to.

We need an immediate surge of grassroots donations to stay in the game, so please rush whatever you can ASAP:

If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

CONTRIBUTE $5 NOW

Jon Husted and his allies have been bashing Sherrod on the airwaves, and a new poll shows us losing ground. We cannot afford to stay silent – so we're going up with our response.

Decisions like this are the difference between winning and losing.

If we pull this off right, we can get to undecided voters before our opponent and help Sherrod surge ahead in the polls.

If we fumble our response? Then we could fall significantly behind early on in this race and put our path to the Senate in jeopardy. It's my job to make sure that doesn't happen.

So in order to pull this off, we need to raise $500,000 TODAY to ensure we can invest with confidence and capitalize on rapid response moments like this. Sherrod and I are counting on you to chip in $5 or whatever you can spare right now:

If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Thank you – and let's go win.

Patrick Eisenhauer
Campaign Manager

When you love your country, you fight for the people who make it work.

Personal message from Sherrod: I didn’t plan on running for office again.

But when I saw how these guys in Washington are only looking out for their billionaire friends and special interests, I knew I had to get back in the fight.

This grassroots movement is about fighting back against a rigged system that benefits the wealthy and well-connected, while working people pay the price.

And we’ve got momentum: Experts increased our odds of winning and officially named Ohio as a key Senate race to watch, and two new polls show we have a slight lead over our opponent.

But I need your help: Corporate special interests have already spent millions attacking me with misleading ads. The only way we can fight back and win in Ohio is with grassroots contributions from supporters like you.

If you're with me, please chip in any amount today. If you'd like to become one of my TOP supporters and receive exclusive updates from our campaign team, text "OHIO" to 64054.

Thank you for standing with me.