The race has been seen as critical to determining which party will control the Senate.
Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown is trailing Republican Bernie Moreno as the state of Ohio was called for former President Donald Trump.
The Ohio Senate contest was seen as one of the toughest for Democrats in the 2024 election, with Brown running for reelection in a red-leaning state that went for Donald Trump by margins of about 8 points in 2016 and 2020. While Brown previously won reelection in 2018 during the Trump era, this was the first election where the Democrat shared the ballot with the former president.
Polls consistently showed a tight race, with the two candidates roughly tied or one narrowly ahead, and many analysts viewed the race as one of the GOP’s best pickup opportunities in this election cycle. Because the Democrats only narrowly control the Senate in a 51-49 majority, the race has been closely monitored as one that was expected to help determine which party will control the legislative chamber.
