Sherrod Brown 'not dismissing' another Senate run

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) said he’s “not dismissing” another Senate run after he was defeated in his run for reelection this year.

Brown spoke with CNN’s Manu Raju on Sunday, where he said he wouldn’t rule out another Senate campaign or a run for Ohio's governorship in 2026.

The outgoing Ohio senator was defeated by Republican businessman Bernie Moreno in one of the country’s upsets in the recent election that left several Democratic incumbents reeling.

After his defeat, Brown told Politico that he isn’t “ruling anything out” as the other Ohio senator, JD Vance (R), prepares to leave his position to become vice president.

Brown reflected on Democrats’ losses and suggested the party lost its messaging with working-class voters on the issues that matter to them. President-elect Trump and Republicans campaigned on issues that were distracting from what Democrats tried to say, he said.

Brown has represented Ohio in the upper chamber since 2007.

Moreno, who built a successful network of car dealerships across the state, originally trailed Brown, but he later cruised to victory with the help of Trump at the top of the ticket.

Brown said Sunday he really thought he was going to win, because he was on the ground campaigning and saw encouraging reactions from Ohioans.