Sherrod Brown teases bid to serve remainder of Vance's Senate term

Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Friday teased that he might launch a bid to serve the remainder of Vice President-elect JD Vance's Senate term, now that he has lost reelection.

Brown was ousted from his seat last week, after losing reelection to Republican newcomer Bernie Moreno. But Vance's election as President-elect Donald Trump's vice president will now open up the second Senate seat. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is expected to name an interim replacement in the coming months, but a special election is expected by 2026. 

The incumbent senator on Friday told Politico that he had not ruled out launching a dark horse bid for the seat. The Democrat has been largely lauded as a centrist, but Ohio has been leaning further to the right in recent elections.

Brown indicated that while he was not certain what his political future holds, he would push his Democratic colleagues to focus on the working class.

"Democrats have historically been the party of workers. I’ve seen that support erode from workers because Democrats haven’t focused on workers the way that we should over the last 30 years," Brown said. "That's my future in this party, to focus on helping the Democratic Party and my colleagues understand how important that is, that we talk to workers and we make decisions with workers at the table."

Brown added that people are blaming Democrats for the current state of the country, because voters have higher expectations for them He also pushed his party to focus on both the working class and human rights.

"There’s no reason you can’t focus on the dignity of work and human rights. I’ve spent a 30-year career — 32 years in Washington — being that person, being one of the people that do that," Brown said. "I don’t know why you can’t be both, why you can’t be supportive of civil rights and human rights in every iteration.”

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.