Bernie Moreno Takes Down Longtime Dem Senator Sherrod Brown In Buckeye State Showdown

Republican businessman Bernie Moreno will become the next Senator from Ohio in Jan. 2025 after defeating longtime Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown.

Fox News has called the race as of 11:14on Nov. 8, with Moreno at 50.6%of the vote and Brown at 46.1% with 91% of the votes in. Decision Desk HQ has also called the race for Moreno as of 11:17 with Moreno at 50.7%of the vote and Brown at 46% with 86% of the votes accounted for.

Brown had served as a U.S. Senator since January 2007, following a 14-year stint in the House of Representatives. Moreno, meanwhile, moved from Bogota, Colombia, to the U.S. at age five, and built a luxury car dealership empire that helped him attain an estimated net worth between $25.5 million and $105.7 million.

Brown outspent Moreno by nearly four-to-one, spending $86,050,236 compared to Moreno’s $21,310,662, according