Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D) marketing campaign will report elevating almost $31 million within the third quarter of the yr, a record-breaking sum for one of the crucial important Senate races within the nation this yr.
Brown’s marketing campaign mentioned in a launch Wednesday that it introduced in $30.6 million, probably the most ever in 1 / 4 for an Ohio Senate candidate. The quantity is a giant soar from the roughly $13 million he raised within the second quarter.
“Sherrod has a proven track record fighting for Ohioans, whether it’s fighting for a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions or saving the pensions of over 100,000 Ohio workers — and that’s why he has unprecedented momentum going into the final month of this campaign,” Brown’s marketing campaign supervisor Rachel Petri mentioned within the launch.
“Sherrod and Connie are grateful to every supporter and volunteer working to make sure Sherrod can keep fighting for all Ohioans,” Petri added, referring to Brown’s spouse.
A 3-term incumbent, Brown is looking for one other time period in one of the crucial hotly contested races within the nation. He’s operating in opposition to Republican Bernie Moreno.
Democrats at the moment have a slender 51-49 majority within the Senate, and Republicans are already extremely more likely to decide up not less than one seat in West Virginia to additional slender the hole. That makes Brown’s seat key for figuring out which occasion can have a majority within the Senate throughout the subsequent session of Congress.
Brown is one among two incumbent Democrats operating in more and more Republican-leaning states that can possible vote for former President Trump in November, together with Sen. Jon Tester in Montana.
However Brown has been performing decently effectively in polling in opposition to Moreno, with many surveys exhibiting him forward by a number of factors. However the race has tightened in current weeks, and he leads by a few level and a half within the common from The Hill/Resolution Desk HQ.
Brown has additionally constructed up a big fundraising benefit in opposition to Moreno, elevating a number of instances as a lot because the Republican candidate within the second quarter.
However the race will possible be razor-tight regardless with each events focusing their consideration on it.
Moreno’s marketing campaign has but to announce its fundraising numbers for the third quarter, the final earlier than the election.
