Populist Democrat defeats Jon Husted and says he will serve voters, not corporations or billionaires

Brown makes successful return to US Senate after voters reject Republican incumbent Jon Husted

Democrat Sherrod Brown will return to the US Senate, as Ohio’s voters rejected the incumbent Jon Husted in a significant defeat for Republicans.

Brown’s bid for a comeback after being ousted from the seat he held for 18 years in 2024 became one of the marquee contests of this year’s midterm elections, and a key test of whether Democrats can regain support among the working class and rural voters who have deserted them in recent years.

    • 474D@lemmy.world
      51·
      10 hours ago

      The crazy part is how they keep saying “we”. After doing the exact opposite of what was promised, they still think they’re on the team. It really is a cult.

      • TipRing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        7 hours ago

        The thing is, they are mostly correct. A corrupt Trump government was not a problem most voters care about, but when he skyrocketed gas prices he guaranteed that Republican voters would stay home in droves. It was a massive own-goal after getting elected on lowering prices.

        Edit: And then he went on TV and bragged how much money he was making on the high gas prices, like even conservatives aren’t that stupid.

        • grue@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 hours ago

          A corrupt Trump government was not a problem most voters care about

          It fucking should’ve been, because acting contrary to the will of constituents is the obvious and inevitable result of such corruption. Are people really too stupid to understand that?

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        27·
        10 hours ago

        I’m sure it’s only because their mods are asleep or busy running other bot networks, they’ll have the wrongthink cleaned up in the morning

      • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
        12·
        9 hours ago

        Nah, this is like a reverse post-nut-clarify. Tomorrow they’ll be back to blaming immigrants and force-surgery-trans-kids for why they can’t afford anything.