Cook PVI
R+6
Last Margin
13.0%
Seat Class
Class 3
Candidates
Republican
Incumbent
Jon Husted
US Senate (Special)
Ohio's appointed senator is a career institutionalist defending JD Vance's old seat against a comeback attempt by the man he replaced in Washington.
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Republican
Ohio Senate Special Election
US Senate (Special)
JD Vance's ascent to the Vice Presidency left Ohio's Senate seat vacant — Republicans have the edge, but Ohio Democrats have shown they can compete.
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Democrat
Sherrod Brown
US Senate (Special)
The three-term Ohio senator who won an R+6 state four times over 18 years just lost — and he's back to try again in the seat JD Vance vacated.
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