Sen. Jon Husted called former Sen. Sherrod Brown, his Democratic opponent in this year’s Senate race, a relic of the past.
Mr. Brown’s political stances, he said, hurt the state’s working class and are culturally out of tune with today’s Ohio.
“When I was seven years old, there was a Democrat named Sharon Brown that got elected to office in Ohio,” Mr. Husted said at the GOP convention in Dallas. “You know what he did? He got to work leaving families like mine behind. Over 50 years later, he’s still running, but Ohioans are on to his game.”
Mr. Husted is in a close race, and the Dallas convention gave him a chance to make the case that the future of President Trump’s agenda hinges on a win in Ohio, and he needs the party’s activists and donors to help push him across the finish line.
Flipping the Ohio seat is also key to Democrats’ bid to take control of the Senate, which would rebalance power in Washington and hit the brakes on Mr. Trump’s agenda.
In his speech, Mr. Husted, who was appointed to fill Vice President J.D. Vance’s seat in 2025, highlighted his support for the Trump tax cuts — and Mr. Brown’s opposition to them — as a clear difference in the race.
“Remember when the Democrats were in charge less than two years ago?” he said. “Under Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Sherrod Brown, Democrats gave us open borders and sanctuary cities and voted to give our tax dollars to illegal immigrants.”
Mr. Husted also argued Mr. Brown is culturally out of sync with the state, saying the Democrat has supported biological men playing in women’s sports.
“He’s not on our side,” Mr. Husted said. “This election this fall comes down to some clear questions for working families: Do you want to keep more of what you earn, or do you want to see more of your hard-earned money go to Washington for failures and fraud?”
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