Annie Comes Home: Husted is 0-for-Ohio

Monday, August 17, 2026

Husted is 0-for-Ohio

Hi,

If you know Sherrod Brown, you know the guy loves baseball. Especially the Guardians. So today, we're breaking this race down in terms our fellow baseball fans will understand.

Top of the first: National Republicans think Jon Husted is an all-star. They handed him a Senate seat – no election, just called him up and put him in the lineup.

Turns out he has no idea how to hit for Ohio. He's been striking out ever since.

He struck out on health care, voting to strip coverage from millions to pay for a tax break for the wealthy. He struck out on tariffs that raised prices for Ohio families. And on data centers, he didn't just strike out – he recruited the pitcher, cut him a deal, and then told the fans it was their fault the game was going badly.

Then Sherrod stepped up to the plate. Almost every major political analyst moved Ohio to a Toss Up. The polls tightened, and suddenly the race that experts had written off in the preseason is the key to flipping the Senate.

That's what happens when you put a guy in the lineup who's been hitting for working people his entire career.

Now we're rounding the bases. Election Day is in 78 days, and the other side has committed $133 million to this race. That's a payroll we're never going to match. What we've got instead is regular folks chipping in what they can and a grassroots team that’s outworking everybody. If you follow the Guardians, that's a formula you might recognize.

But campaigning is a team sport, and it doesn't work without you. Will you join Team Sherrod and help us win in Ohio by chipping in $5 today?

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Glad you’re on this team.

Team Sherrod

P.S. Yankees suck.

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

Hey there! It's Sherrod Brown.

There's nobody fighting for Ohioans in the U.S. Senate right now, and I won't sit on the sidelines while working people get screwed over by large corporations and wealthy political donors.

If you work hard, you should be able to afford a decent life. But the reality is, life is too expensive. Costs are going up. Wages are staying stagnant. Working people are working harder than ever before, and they're not getting their share of the profit.

This campaign is all about changing that – and election analysts say we have a strong shot at winning in November.

But I'll need your help to pull it off: My opponent is a Washington insider being propped up by the Republican establishment, and he's got virtually unlimited resources.

That's not how our campaign works. We're a grassroots movement, and that means we rely on ordinary people chipping in a couple bucks. If you're able, please make a donation of any amount today. It could be what helps us flip Ohio and the Senate.

If you'd like to receive exclusive updates from my team, you can text "OHIO" to 64054.

Thank you.