Former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is trailing Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) in the polls after launching his 2026 comeback Senate campaign on Monday. An Emerson College poll released on Friday showed Husted leads Brown 50% to 44%,

Ohio voters appear to already be souring on former three-term Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown’s comeback bid after rejecting the ex-senator at the ballot box last November, according to recent polling.

(WJW) — Sen. Jon Husted (R) holds a 6-point lead over Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown, while 7% of voters said they remain undecided. The new Nexstar/Emerson College poll numbers give a first look at the state of the newly minted race for U.S. Senate in Ohio.