Ohio U.S. Senate special primary results

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Democratic Special Primary ✪

Incumbent Sen. John Husted was appointed in 2025 to fill JD Vance’s vacant Senate seat and is uncontested in the Republican primary. Former Sen. Sherrod Brown is the Democratic front-runner ahead of November’s election that could help shift Senate control.

19% of votes counted

Sherrod Brown wins. AP race call at 6:43 p.m. on May 5, 2026.

Read more: https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/ohio-special-primary-results-us-senate/

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[FakeNoose]

1. Woo-hoo! Go Sherrod Brown!

Ohio Dems please put Brown back in the Senate where he belongs!

[Passages]

2. I am so happy too!

[efhmc]

3. Hope he can/will win.

[Marie Marie]

4. I want him back - he is a good man.

[fujiyamasan]

5. Brown is the right kind of populist

Not a racist, nativist ass hole but someone that cares about average working men and women. He strikes me as a decent man.