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I see that Sherrod Brown is trying to get back into the Senate by replacing John Husted.
Here are a couple of campaign mailers from 2024. We surmise the Democrats were only sending them to registered Republicans.
Looks like the upshot is that Bernie Moreno is a scuzzy foreigner. I would have thought this line of attack would be off-brand for the Democrats, but never underestimate your opponent's opportunism.
Similarly:
I expect few Ohio voters had ever heard of Don Kissick apart from this Democrat-funded mailing. Their points being:
Wants the government completely out of your life
Wants absolutely no restrictions on firearms of any kind
Is a Navy Vet, but wants to end American foreign aid and pull us out of overseas conflicts
Promotes a radical flat tax plan that cuts taxes and underfunds government programs
Down boy!
Of course, the Democrats never talk this way when they're actually arguing for Democrat policies. They never say "firearm restrictions", only "gun safety". They never say "government out of your life" as a general criticism, only about "reproductive health" when they're against intervention and "civil rights" when they're in favor of it. They never say "government programs" in general, only the most photogenic recipients in particular. Etc.
This was an obvious effort to siphon votes away from Moreno towards Kissick. This doesn't benefit Brown except to force a runoff election, but I assume the calculation is that Brown would have fared better in Ohio by not having Trump on the ticket. As discussed, the Democrats have the upper hand in low-turnout elections.
Which brings us to 2026, an off-year election where the Democrats can be expected to enjoy an out-of-power boost. Assuming the Democrats want to nominate an old white guy in the primary, I would expect Brown to have at least an even chance against the appointed Husted, who hasn't exactly lit the world on fire. We shall see.
