Holy cope. Josh Mandel literally won statewide office 2 years prior to 2012 and lost against brown.
Sherrod Brown has to be the most overrated electoral performer of all time
2006 literally doesn’t count for numerous reasons—not only was it pre-WWC realignment and in a D monsoon, it was 20 years ago
In 2012, the guy ran against Josh Mandel, a literal clown, and only outperformed Obama by 3 due to a right wing third party candidate taking votes away from Mandel
Then he ran against Jim Renacci (not sure if he’s even a real person) and underran the national environment in 2018, despite polls showing he’d win by 15-20. Ironic, as Mandel may have actually beat him had he stayed in the 2018 race.
Then in 2024, he lost by 4 to Bernie Moreno, who didn’t spend a dime until September. And while I like the guy and he is a great Senator, he arguably wasn’t the strongest candidate electorally and didn’t run the strongest campaign
So do people actually believe he’s the 60/40 favorite against well-funded incumbent Jon Husted? Lmao, good luck.