Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Ohio. Brown defeated two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in the 2006 U.S. Senate election and was reelected in 2012, defeating state Treasurer Josh Mandel, and in 2018, defeating Representative Jim Renacci. Brown was considered a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and began exploring a run in January 2019. On March 7, 2019, he announced that he would not run for president.
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Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Ohio. He was the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007 and the 47th Secretary of State of Ohio from 1983 to 1991. Brown defeated two-term Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in the 2006 U. S. Senate election and was reelected in 2012, defeating state Treasurer Josh Mandel, and in 2018, defeating Representative Jim Renacci. As of 2020 he is the only Democratic statewide elected official in Ohio. Brown was considered a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and began exploring a run in January 2019. On March 7, 2019, he announced that he would not run for president. He has Scottish, Irish, German, and English ancestry, and was named after his maternal grandfather. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian studies from Yale University in 1974. While in college, Brown campaigned for George McGovern during the 1972 presidential election. Brown served as a state representative in Ohio from 1974 to 1982. At the time of his election to the Ohio House, he was the youngest person elected to that body. In 1990 he lost reelection in a heated campaign against Republican Bob Taft, the only race he has lost in his political career. In 2005 Brown led the Democratic effort to block the Central American Free Trade Agreement. For many months, Brown worked as whip on the issue, securing Democratic votes and seeking Republican allies. After several delays, the House of Representatives finally voted on CAFTA after midnight on July 28, 2005, passing it by one vote.
Brown opposed an amendment to Ohio’s constitution that banned same-sex marriage in 1996. He also served on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Internet and the Commerce, Trade and International Relations Committee. While serving on the International Relations Subcommittee on Asia, Brown was also a member of the Subcommittee on International Relations and the Pacific Pacific. In May 2006, Paul Hackett withdrew from the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, all but ensuring that Brown would win the seat. But in October he reconsidered his decision and said he would win. In February 2006, Hackett announced he would withdraw from the race, but Brown won the seat by a wide margin. In October 2006, Brown said he wouldn’t run for re-election because he wanted to spend more time with his family. In January 2015, Brown became the Ranking Democratic Member on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. In March 2018 he was later appointed co-chair of the newly formed Joint Multiemployer Pension Solvency Committee in March 2018. He is also the ranking member on the Health subcommittee on the Senate Committee’s Health Subcommittee on Internet and Consumer Protection and the Internet Subcommittee on Consumer Protection. Brown also served as one of the few few few House Representatives to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 and also was the ranking minority member on the Internet subcommittee on Commerce, trade and international relations.
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