Democrat Sherrod Brown Holds On to U.S. Senate Seat With Easy Win Over Jim Renacci

Democrat Sherrod Brown will remain Ohio’s senior U.S. senator. Brown coasted to reelection to a third term over his Republican opponent, Jim Renacci, Tuesday night. The polls closed at 7:30 p.m. and by 8:13 all the major networks called the race for Brown. With nearly 2.2 million votes cast, Brown had tallied…

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Final Poll Shows Jim Renacci Surging into Lead Over Sherrod Brown

A new poll by the Ohio TEA Party affiliate We the People Convention, found Republican Jim Renacci has pulled ahead of incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the race for U.S. Senate. Renacci mentioned the poll, which shows him up 52.4 to 47.6 percent, during Monday’s rally hosted by President…

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Sen. Rob Portman Credits Jim Renacci for Helping Spur Long-Overdue Worker Wage Increases

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) wants Ohio voters to know that regardless of what his colleague in the U.S. Senate says, it’s not just the rich who are benefiting from President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Stumping Sunday for fellow Republican Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16), who is seeking to replace…

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RNC Unleashes ‘Final Message’ Urging Ohio Voters to Retire Sherrod Brown

The Republican National Committee sent out a final message to Ohio voters Monday entitled “Sherrod Brown: Wrong for Ohio” that will run on digital platforms throughout the Buckeye State. Voters are urged in the ad to retire Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on Tuesday from the U.S. Senate. The one-minute ad is part of the Republican…

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EXCLUSIVE Eric Trump Commentary: It’s Time for Another GOP Win in Ohio

by Eric Trump   In 2016, my father outperformed the polls in Ohio by a full six points. If the polls are underestimating Republican candidates again in this year’s midterms, Ohio just might deliver another big win for the GOP in 2018. Everyone in Ohio who agrees that the America…

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Sherrod Brown Still Under 50 Percent in Poll Taken One Week Before Election

A new poll shows that with just days left before the midterm election, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is struggling to convince Ohioans to send him back to the U.S. Senate for a third term. Brown polled 46 percent to Republican challenger Jim Renacci’s 37 percent, according to Gravis Marketing, while a whopping…

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Jim Renacci Calls Sherrod Brown’s Talking Points on Tax Cuts ‘Inaccurate Scare Tactics’

In his debates with Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16), on the campaign trail, and in op-eds, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has repeatedly hammered the Trump tax cuts as an incentive for corporations to ship jobs overseas. “Under their law, companies earning profits in Hamilton County pay a 21 percent tax rate. But…

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Sherrod Brown Was Delinquent on His Taxes Five Times, Often Paying Them Years Late

Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has spent millions on attack ads that rebuke his opponent for being in the pockets of corporate interests and failing to pay his taxes. The target of those ads, Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) has called these claims outright lies and “fake news.” But now Renacci is turning…

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New Poll Shows Jim Renacci Closing Gap on Sherrod Brown in Race for U.S. Senate

A new poll out Monday from Emerson College shows Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) closing the gap on incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in their race for the U.S. Senate. The poll shows Brown still with the lead, but by a margin of only six points, 49 to 43 percent,…

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Sherrod Brown, Jim Renacci Spar Over Migrant Caravan and Illegal Immigration in Final Debate

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) may have a 3-to-1 funding advantage over his opponent for re-election to a third term in the U.S. Senate. But in the third and final debate with Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) Friday night at Miami University, the two seemed evenly matched. Renacci, the son of a…

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Sherrod Brown Voted Against Homeland Security, Wanted ‘Department of Peace’ Instead

From devastating hurricanes and natural disasters to terrorism and breaches in cyber security, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s job is to protect the homeland from all manner of threats and keep Americans safe. The department was created in the aftermath of 9/11, when Islamic terrorists killed nearly 3,000 Americans in coordinated attacks…

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Sherrod Brown Claimed ‘There Is No War on Coal,’ But Jim Renacci Says Incumbent Democrat is No Man of the People

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) wears a canary pin on his lapel as a gesture of support for Ohio coal miners. When his political opponents accused him of siding with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in an attempt to bankrupt coal companies, Brown denied it. “There is no war on coal,…

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Jim Renacci Pledges to ‘Put Ohio First’ at Debate, Says Sherrod Brown Has Become Washington Insider

In Ohio’s second U.S. Senate debate Saturday night GOP candidate Jim Renacci promised to “put Ohio first” while accusing his opponent of caving to Washington special interests. Renacci is the Republican congressman from Wadsworth trying to knock off two-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH). “In 1997, a United States’ congressman (Brown) said the…

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Challenger Renacci Highlights Senator Sherrod Brown’s Four-Decades as a Career Politician and ‘Arrogant Lawmaker’

When the subject of career politicians came up at Sunday night’s senatorial debate in Cleveland, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sidestepped the issue. His opponent, Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH-16), repeatedly pummeled the senior senator from Ohio on that one issue. On gun rights, immigration, healthcare, the environment, or Ohio’s economic progress,…

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Poll: Voters in 25 Key Battleground States, Including Ohio, Want Dramatically Lower Immigration Numbers

NumbersUSA, a two decades-old national organization that advocates for lower immigration to the US, has crunched the numbers and in every state surveyed the results are roughly the same. One million legal immigrants entering the US each year is too many, voters say. From a recent press announcement sent to…

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Jim Renacci Raises More than $1.75 Million in Third Quarter

Jim Renacci

Republican U.S. Senate candidate for Ohio Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) raised more than $1.75 million in the third quarter of 2018. The impressive haul comes from more than 10,700 donors – each averaging a contribution to Renacci of about $160 each – who are seeking new represenation  for Ohio in Washington. Renacci’s opponent, 25-year Washington…

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Sherrod Brown Fled the Building after U.S. Senate Debate, Jim Renacci Stayed to Answer Questions from Reporters

After last night’s U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland, both candidates were given the opportunity to answer media questions and to expand on or clarify any issues that came up during the debate. Jim Renacci stood and answered questions from reporters for an additional 12 minutes. Sherrod Brown fled the building, refusing to…

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Jim Renacci’s Debate Zinger: ‘Sen. Brown Votes for Whatever Chuck Schumer Tells Him To’

U.S. Senate candidates Jim Renacci and Sherrod Brown squared off in their first debate Sunday night, a one-hour event in which Renacci cast his opponent as “too in love with Washington and Chuck Schumer” to represent the people of Ohio. After 25 years in Washington, Renacci said Brown had lost touch…

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Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown Has ‘Voted Like a Hollywood Liberal,’ Opponent Renacci Says at Trump Rally

Lost amid the Trumpmania at Friday night’s “Make America Great Again” rally in Lebanon, Ohio, was a rousing speech by the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate — Congressman Jim Renacci. Usually when a candidate gets up to speak during a Trump rally, it’s difficult for him or her to maintain…

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Senate Candidates Jim Renacci, Sherrod Brown Agree to Three Debates in October

Sherrod Brown, Jim Renacci

U.S. Senate candidates Jim Renacci and Sherrod Brown have agreed to participate in three debates in October. The first will be hosted at the Idea Center in Cleveland and sponsored by the Ohio Debate Commission on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. The second debate will be moderated by NBC 4 in…

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Sherrod Brown and Kamala Harris: Two Peas in a Pod?

Sherrod Brown continued to welcome his senatorial comrade from California, Sen. Kamala Harris, to Ohio with open arms on Monday, hoping she would open up some powerful checkbooks. Looks like when @KamalaHarris hits Ohio next month, she'll be spending plenty of time with influential donor types all over the state. At least four fundraisers…

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GOP Senate Nominee Jim Renacci Applauds Kavanaugh Confirmation as Sherrod Brown Boasts of His ‘No’ Vote

Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH-16), who is running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown, issued a statement Saturday applauding the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. I’m pleased the Senate has confirmed Brett Kavanaugh. He is a thoughtful jurist with a proven respect…

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Sherrod Brown Cancels Staged Event After Environmentalists Show Up with Protest Signs

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has a new name among his political opponents. “Chicken.” Brown “chickened out,” according to his opponent in the U.S. Senate race, by canceling a press conference Wednesday after he discovered it wouldn’t go off as planned. “The re-election campaign for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown canceled a news…

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New Poll: Only 33 Percent of Ohio Voters Believe Sherrod Brown Deserves Reelection

Sanctuary cities, gun control, federal funding of Planned Parenthood abortion doctors, high taxation of the middle class – there’s one Ohio senator who supports every one of these liberal policies. His name is Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who has been in Washington for 25 years.. And Ohio Republicans are banking…

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Jim Renacci Plays Key Role in Tax-Reform Package Passed By U.S. House

Amid last week’s media frenzy over the Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the U.S. House of Representatives got down to work and passed President Trump’s Tax Reform 2.0. The three-bill package will help middle-class families and small businesses by making the tax cuts permanent. Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) has been a key…

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Ohio’s Number-2 Republican Slams Sherrod Brown’s Record of ‘Decimating’ Middle Class Workers

Take it from Mary Taylor, a longtime businesswoman and the current lieutenant governor of Ohio: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a fraud, and his entire re-election campaign is built on the necessity of presenting himself to Ohio voters as something he is not. Brown has the backing of Big Labor…

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Hollywood ‘Bully’ Comes to Ohio to Campaign for Sherrod Brown

If a man can be known by the company he keeps, then Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) believes President Trump is a racist, misogynist white nationalist. Bradley Whitford, the Hollywood actor who has hurled obscenity-laced insults at President Trump and his children, said he was in Ohio this week to campaign…

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Jim Renacci Gets NRA Endorsement as Sherrod Brown Rakes in Money from Anti-Gun Lobby

The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund, or NRA-PVF, has endorsed Ohio Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. Renacci is running against Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), an entrenched Washington politician running for his third term who is swimming in anti-gun campaign cash. Brown, 65, has been…

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Cleveland ‘Journalist’ Defends Democrat Sherrod Brown, Attacks GOP Opponent in Race She Covers for Plain Dealer

It was a classic example of what President Trump would call the “fake news media,” which pretends to be impartial and neutral, clearly taking sides in favor of a Democrat and against a Republican. Sabrina Eaton, a news reporter covering DC politics for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, tweeted Thursday about…

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Jobless Claims at 49-Year Low in Booming Trump Economy: Sherrod Brown Calls it ‘Immoral’

Sherrod Brown

When it comes to the economy, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) displays a strange sense of morality — a symptom, his opponent reminds us, of someone who has been in Washington too long. All of the recent economic data shows people of both genders, all races and backgrounds, are going back to…

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Jim Renacci Issues Statement Opposing Ohio’s ‘Issue 1’ Ballot Proposal

James Renacci

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jim Renacci issued a statement Wednesday saying he opposes Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would significantly reduce criminal penalties for drug possession. Renacci (R-OH-16) has made solving Ohio’s opioid-addiction crisis a priority of his campaign for the U.S. Senate. He is running against two-term incumbent Sen.…

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Trump Jr. on Sherrod Brown: He’s a ‘Fake and a Phony’

The president’s son has penned a blistering op-ed, laying out the stakes in the Ohio senatorial race between incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and his challenger, Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH-16). As campaign season heats up, it has a way of “drawing out the fakes and phonies,” says Donald Trump Jr. in…

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Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson Blast Democrats for Hypocrisy over Their Silence on Sherrod Brown’s Court-Documented Spousal Abuse

Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown’s #MeToo problems hit prime-time television Tuesday night as both Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity featured spots on his “ugly” 1986 divorce in which he was accused of physically abusing his former wife. Hannity compared the Democrats dismissal of the allegations against Brown to their eagerness to…

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Rennaci Takes His Campaign to Heart of Ohio as Brown Tweets About Bank Regulations

James Renacci

Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) capped off a busy week of campaigning with grassroots work, shaking hands with Ohioans and sharing his message about economic growth. Renacci, who is running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), started early Sunday at the Ashland County Fair, after walking Saturday in the…

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Upbeat Jim Renacci Campaign Launches Statewide Door-to-Door Blitz on Saturday

Jim Renacci

Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) knows that if he’s going to have a chance to take out the well-entrenched D.C. insider Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), he’s going to have to take his campaign to the people. So on Saturday, Renacci took part in a Ohio Republican Party’s National Day of Action…

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Jim Renacci Criticizes Sherrod Brown’s Opposition to SCOTUS Nomination of Kavanaugh

Jim Renacci, Sherrod Brown

Ohio Republicans’ U.S. Senate hopeful and current congress member Jim Renacci (R-OH-16) took aim at the Democrats’ partisan theater, and singled out incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in particular for his performance at the time and expense of the American people during this week’s Confirmation Hearings of President Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee,…

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