Sherrod Brown, targeted by crypto PAC in 2024, to run for US Senate again

The former Ohio senator’s 2024 race against Bernie Moreno, whose campaign was bolstered by money from the crypto industry, was one of the most expensive in the state’s history.

Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, who lost his US Senate seat in 2024 to Republican Bernie Moreno amid more than $40 million in spending backed by the crypto industry, has launched an election bid for 2026.

In a Saturday notice, Brown said he will run for Republican Senator Jon Husted’s seat in the 2026 US midterm elections — Moreno, who defeated Brown in 2024, won’t be up for reelection until 2030.

The former senator, who was one of the more outspoken voices on crypto in the previous session of Congress, lost to Moreno with more than 46% of the vote after a digital asset-backed political action committee (PAC) spent more than $40 million in media buys.

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