Sherrod Brown
Democratic
U.S. Senator from Ohio from 2007 to 2025; U.S. Representative from 1993 to 2007
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U.S. Senate · Nov 3, 2026
U.S. Senate race in Ohio special election
Incumbent: Jon Husted, running for re-election.
Special election for the rest of JD Vance's term, which ends in January 2029; Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Jon Husted to the seat in January 2025.
The 4 candidates
Jon Husted
RepublicanIncumbentU.S. Senator from Ohio since January 2025 (appointed); Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 2019 to 2025
Greg Levy
Other-party candidateAkron community organizer, mover and military veteran; member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation
Bill Redpath
LibertarianFormer chair of the Libertarian National Committee (2006–2010)
Where they stand
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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Health care
DemocraticSherrod Brown
Supports banning health insurers from denying care a patient's doctor prescribes and fining insurers that deny claims; supports making it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they charge in other countries.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports a universal, single-payer health care system that is free at the point of use.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports paying Medicare benefits to enrollees as cash rather than to providers, with more for enrollees with lower lifetime incomes and worse health, and phasing out federal Medicaid funding over ten years so states run the program.
Taxes
DemocraticSherrod Brown
Opposes large tax breaks for corporations and billionaires, which he says come at the expense of Ohio workers.
RepublicanJon Husted
Supports the 2025 tax law he voted for and calls the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, citing its tax exemptions for tips and overtime, $2,200 child tax credit, added deduction for seniors and permanent 20% small-business deduction.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports replacing the Internal Revenue Code with the Tax Foundation's plan: a 20% flat tax on individual income with a family allowance, a 20% tax on distributed business profits and no taxes at death.
Immigration
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
Supports continuing federal efforts to stop illegal immigration; says he cast the deciding vote for the 2025 budget law that included $170.7 billion for immigration and border enforcement.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports abolishing ICE, ending immigration raids and deportations, closing detention centers and creating a path to citizenship.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports allowing all immigration except for criminals, terrorists, the seriously ill and others who would harm people in the United States.
Energy
DemocraticSherrod Brown
Supports capping how much utility companies can raise rates and requiring data centers to pay the full cost of their utilities; says communities should decide whether data centers are built locally.
RepublicanJon Husted
Supports federal permitting reform to shorten environmental reviews for energy projects; introduced the Ratepayer Protection Act, aimed at having large new data centers, rather than households and small businesses, pay for the energy infrastructure that serves them.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Trade
DemocraticSherrod Brown
Says he has opposed trade deals that he says sent Ohio jobs overseas and hurt Ohio workers.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports unilateral free trade, ending all U.S. tariffs on imported goods and services regardless of other countries' policies.
Crime & justice
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
Says he will stand with police and fight for public safety; as lieutenant governor, worked to secure funding for law enforcement agencies.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports repealing federal laws against consensual crimes, ending federal drug prohibition so states can decide, and repealing the federal ban on online gambling.
Economy & cost of living
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
Says small businesses are the backbone of Ohio’s economy and that he will fight for them; his campaign credits him with helping bring Intel’s chip plant to Licking County and pioneering job-training programs including TechCred.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports converting the 100 largest U.S. corporations into public property under worker control, an across-the-board price freeze on essential goods and repealing the 2025 tax law's tax cuts for the wealthy.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Elections & democracy
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports outlawing corporate lobbying and political donations, setting congressional pay at the minimum wage and abolishing the U.S. Senate and Supreme Court, with their powers moved to other bodies.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports ranked-choice voting, multi-member U.S. House districts under the Fair Representation Act and the National Popular Vote interstate compact.
Foreign policy
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports cutting the Pentagon budget by 90%, closing U.S. military bases abroad, dissolving NATO, the CIA and AFRICOM, cutting all U.S. aid to Israel and lifting U.S. sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela and Iran.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Says U.S. participation in the war against Iran is unconstitutional and that President Trump should be impeached and removed for not seeking congressional approval; supports ending the U.S. "special relationship" with Israel.
Ethics
DemocraticSherrod Brown
Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks and barring former members from becoming lobbyists.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Guns
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
Says he will keep pushing back on any effort from Washington that chips away at gun rights; as lieutenant governor, he took part in the administration's signing of Ohio's constitutional carry and stand-your-ground laws.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Jobs & labor
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
Introduced a bill to raise the salary threshold at which H-1B-dependent employers are exempt from first trying to hire American workers, replacing the $60,000 level set in 1998 with twice the national average wage.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Housing
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports a national rent cap so no one pays more than 20% of their income on housing, and a ban on evictions.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Civil rights
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports reparations to Black Americans for slavery and Jim Crow, placing police departments under community control and outlawing racial gerrymandering and voter purges.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Environment
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
Supports building public transit between Ohio's cities, reorganizing agriculture to be sustainable, retooling manufacturing for renewable technology and pursuing climate reparations through global cooperation.
LibertarianBill Redpath
No published position found.
Budget
DemocraticSherrod Brown
No published position found.
RepublicanJon Husted
No published position found.
Other-party candidateGreg Levy
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Redpath
Supports eliminating the Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, ending corporate welfare and farm subsidies within ten years and a base-closing-style commission to propose Social Security reforms for an up-or-down vote.
Who’s on the ballot: sources
- ListWood County Board of Elections: Candidate List for November 3, 2026 General Election (certified as of 08/26/2026)(opens in a new tab)
- ListCuyahoga County Board of Elections: 2026 Candidate List: For United States Senator (Unexpired term ending 1/3/29)(opens in a new tab)
- ListLake County Board of Elections: November 3, 2026 General Election Candidate List(opens in a new tab)
- ListWikipedia: 2026 United States Senate special election in Ohio(opens in a new tab)