It depends on who DeWine appoints. If he puts in a Republican like him, Brown would likely lose unless it's an epic midterm for us. There's talk he may put up Ramaswamy in order to get him out of the field and clear the path for his Lt. Gov in the Gov race.
There's also a not-insignificant chance that whoever DeWine appoints could lose a primary to much more conservative Republican, like what happened in Alabama in 2017.
I fear he would not win. He might be competitive in early polling but now he has the loser stink about him (as much as I love him). ItтАЩs hard to get past that voters just said no to him (like Martha McSally and Russ Feingold and many recent others).
And Gov. DeWine got to his position after previously having served two terms as US Senator, before losing to Brown. He's also been Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and a US House member.
This really speaks to how empty the Dem bench is of populist liberals in places lik OH.
Brown will be 74 in 2026. The idea that we don't have anyone who fits his profile but is like 20-30 years younger is pretty disconcerting. More than anything Dems need to aggressively find liberal working class populists and get them to run for lower level offices.
95% agreed. While it is waaaaay too early to be predicting 2026 midterm elections, they donтАЩt typically go well for the party in power. Especially for Trump bc heтАЩs about to do a bunch of crazy shit. Brown can win in a good year and weтАЩve seen him do it three times.
The 5% IтАЩm hesitant on is running losers. ItтАЩs not a plus, thatтАЩs for damn sure. When youтАЩre done, youтАЩre done. But, OH isnтАЩt the type of state where we can let a bunch of local Dems fight it out in a primary and then the national Dems have to decide if the winner is worth the investment. We need someone donors think can win from Day 1 otherwise it turns into some 10-to-1 money blow out and we lose by 15%.
Unless OH Dems have some secret amazing politician we donтАЩt know about, seems like Brown is the best chance weтАЩve got.
If he wants to run, then by all means go for it. Voters might end up having buyers' remorse in two years, and there may be no better person to take advantage of it than the one that they unwisely just voted out.
Still, he'll be 74 years old in 2026. Even if he returns to office, he can't run forever. I'm well aware of how tough Ohio has become but we need to build up a bench of candidates to take advantage of future changes in opinion or the electorate.
Would love to see Brown run in 2026. He outpaced the top of the ticket by nearly 8 points.
Imo he wins if he runs
He'll need a 2018-esque wind at his back to have a shot IMO.
I'm not convinced it would take nearly that much but I get your point (basically, it's a simple strategy; Let Trump Be Trump)
It depends on who DeWine appoints. If he puts in a Republican like him, Brown would likely lose unless it's an epic midterm for us. There's talk he may put up Ramaswamy in order to get him out of the field and clear the path for his Lt. Gov in the Gov race.
There's also a not-insignificant chance that whoever DeWine appoints could lose a primary to much more conservative Republican, like what happened in Alabama in 2017.
I fear he would not win. He might be competitive in early polling but now he has the loser stink about him (as much as I love him). ItтАЩs hard to get past that voters just said no to him (like Martha McSally and Russ Feingold and many recent others).
He lost a state race before and came back. Tim Ryan lost also and has never won a state race. Name me someone who would be stronger.
Lest we forget it took John Glenn THREE attempts to win statewide in the Buckeye State. This is hardly unusual there.
Flashback to 1974 BTW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3gThGnavc0
And Gov. DeWine got to his position after previously having served two terms as US Senator, before losing to Brown. He's also been Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and a US House member.
This really speaks to how empty the Dem bench is of populist liberals in places lik OH.
Brown will be 74 in 2026. The idea that we don't have anyone who fits his profile but is like 20-30 years younger is pretty disconcerting. More than anything Dems need to aggressively find liberal working class populists and get them to run for lower level offices.
Tim Ryan is the closest. Maybe if guys like Joe Schiavoni want to come back to politics
Exactly. They wonтАЩt be able to win over a lot of lower middle class voters until they at least rhetorically pay homage to economic populism.
95% agreed. While it is waaaaay too early to be predicting 2026 midterm elections, they donтАЩt typically go well for the party in power. Especially for Trump bc heтАЩs about to do a bunch of crazy shit. Brown can win in a good year and weтАЩve seen him do it three times.
The 5% IтАЩm hesitant on is running losers. ItтАЩs not a plus, thatтАЩs for damn sure. When youтАЩre done, youтАЩre done. But, OH isnтАЩt the type of state where we can let a bunch of local Dems fight it out in a primary and then the national Dems have to decide if the winner is worth the investment. We need someone donors think can win from Day 1 otherwise it turns into some 10-to-1 money blow out and we lose by 15%.
Unless OH Dems have some secret amazing politician we donтАЩt know about, seems like Brown is the best chance weтАЩve got.
Abraham Lincoln lost multiple races; just sayin'
I disagree with the entire post here
Can he go for governor?
He could. But I think his heart is in federal policy.
If he wants to run, then by all means go for it. Voters might end up having buyers' remorse in two years, and there may be no better person to take advantage of it than the one that they unwisely just voted out.
Still, he'll be 74 years old in 2026. Even if he returns to office, he can't run forever. I'm well aware of how tough Ohio has become but we need to build up a bench of candidates to take advantage of future changes in opinion or the electorate.
He is 72 right now. He will be 74 in two years. He could make it competitive but it's more likely I think he runs for DNC Chair.