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Husted and Brown contest Ohio special election for Vance's former seat

Republican Jon Husted faces Democrat Sherrod Brown on Tuesday in a race to fill the remaining two years of Vance's term.

Published Nov 3, 2026 · 21:47 UTC2 reports

The short version

  • Republican Sen. Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown are competing Tuesday in a special election for the Ohio Senate seat once held by JD Vance.[Associated Press]
  • The winner will serve the final two years of the six-year term Vance won in 2022, a seat Husted has held since his January 2025 appointment.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
  • Brown, 73, lost his Senate seat in 2024 to Republican Bernie Moreno, and Husted has never been accused of any crime tied to the bribery scandal.[Associated Press]

Key facts

  • Republican Sen. Jon Husted and Democrat Sherrod Brown are competing in a special election for the Ohio Senate seat once held by JD Vance.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
  • The winner will serve the final two years of the six-year Senate term Vance won in 2022.[Associated Press]
  • Husted was appointed to the seat by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in January 2025.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
  • Brown, 73, was ousted from the Senate in 2024 by Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno.[Associated Press]
  • Husted has never been accused of any crime associated with the bribery scandal.[Associated Press]

What remains uncertain

  • The election result is not included in the provided reporting, so the outcome remains unknown.[Associated Press · PBS NewsHour]
  • The reporting does not detail the bribery scandal or its status beyond the statement that Husted has never been accused of a related crime.[Associated Press]

Sources

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