Ohio Senate (special)
Candidates
| Candidate | Party | Poll avg | Latest poll | Raised | Cash | Outside for / against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrod Brown | D | 48.4% (8) | 45.8% | $68.4M | $4.5M | $581k / $8.4M |
| Jon Husted incumbent | R | 46% (8) | 48.3% | $19.9M | $4.2M | $10.2M / $2.4M |
| Bill Redpath | L | — | 3.6% | $55k | $8k | — |
Unweighted mean of the latest general-election poll from each of 8 pollsters since 2026-09-20.
Tracking the poll average daily since November 3, 2026; a chart appears after three days.
Polls 44 in the window
| Field dates | Pollster | Sample | Result | D − R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 from Oct 31 | Emerson College for Poll Vault | 930 LV | Jon Husted R 48.3 · Sherrod Brown D 45.8 · Bill Redpath L 3.6 | -2.5 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 28 | AtlasIntel | 1,801 LV | Sherrod Brown D 51.4 · Jon Husted R 43.9 | +7.5 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 27 | Survey 160 | 1,122 LV | Sherrod Brown D 50 · Jon Husted R 46 | +4.0 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 27 | Survey 160 | 1,159 RV | Sherrod Brown D 50 · Jon Husted R 45 | +5.0 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 31 | Trafalgar Group R-sponsored | 1,092 LV | Sherrod Brown D 46.6 · Jon Husted R 45.1 · Gregory Levy I 3.4 | +1.5 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 30 | Research Co. | 450 LV | Sherrod Brown D 45 · Jon Husted R 44 | +1.0 |
| Nov 1 from Oct 26 | The New York Times/Siena University | 717 LV | Sherrod Brown D 49.3 · Jon Husted R 43.7 | +5.6 |
| Oct 31 from Oct 18 | ActiVote | 400 LV | Sherrod Brown D 50.2 · Jon Husted R 49.8 | +0.4 |
| Oct 30 from Oct 29 | InsiderAdvantage | 1,200 LV | Sherrod Brown D 48.8 · Jon Husted R 47 · Bill Redpath L 1.7 | +1.8 |
| Oct 29 from Oct 26 | YouGov | 2,084 LV | Sherrod Brown D 50 · Jon Husted R 48 | +2.0 |
| Oct 26 from Oct 21 | Suffolk University for USA Today | 500 LV | Sherrod Brown D 46.6 · Jon Husted R 43.8 · Gregory Levy I 1.6 | +2.8 |
| Oct 24 from Oct 22 | Concord Public Opinion Partners for Education Reform Now Advocacy D-sponsored | 469 LV | Sherrod Brown D 46 · Jon Husted R 42 | +4.0 |
| Oct 23 from Oct 16 | Echelon Insights for NetChoice | 508 LV | Sherrod Brown D 47 · Jon Husted R 47 · Gregory Levy I 2 | 0.0 |
| Oct 22 from Oct 21 | InsiderAdvantage | 1,200 LV | Sherrod Brown D 46.7 · Jon Husted R 44.4 · Gregory Levy I 1.7 | +2.3 |
| Oct 20 from Oct 1 | Verasight for VoteHub | 531 LV | Sherrod Brown D 47.5 · Jon Husted R 43.6 · Bill Redpath L 1.1 | +3.9 |
Money
FEC candidate committee totals for the 2026 cycle, through October 22, 2026. Outside for / against is Schedule E independent spending by other committees to support or oppose the candidate. Each figure links to the candidate's FEC page.
Platform ad spend
Meta's Ad Library Report, Google's Ads Transparency Center and Snap's political-ads library. An advertiser is tied to a candidate only when its name carries the candidate's surname together with this state or the candidate's full name; outside groups that do not name a candidate appear in the state and district totals, not here.
| Platform | Advertiser | Tied to | Spend | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Sherrod Brown Let Us Down paid for by SLF PAC | Sherrod Brown D | $292k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
| Meta | Sherrod Brown paid for by Friends of Sherrod Brown | Sherrod Brown D | $184k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
| Friends of Sherrod Brown | Sherrod Brown D | $1.8M | last 4 weeks | |
| Friends of Sherrod Brown | Sherrod Brown D | $425k | last 4 weeks | |
| Snap | AFSCME 34 ads | Sherrod Brown D | $34k | 2026 to date |
| Snap | Friends of Sherrod Brown 50 ads | Sherrod Brown D | $32k | 2026 to date |
Meta in Ohio: $6.9M Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 · Google in Ohio: $177.2M lifetime · Snap targeted at Ohio: $1.7M in 2026.
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Polls: PollResults.org (New York Times poll data), CC BY 4.0 (1,579 poll questions in the window). Money: FEC candidate totals and Schedule E independent-expenditure totals for the 2026 cycle. Platform ad spend: Meta Ad Library Report (U.S., 7-day preset, read from the report page), Google Ads Transparency Center CSV bundle and Snap political ads library, via Corvus Intel. Snapshot 2026-11-04 00:20 UTC, refreshed every six hours. No model wrote these figures, and no prediction-market price is used. Read how we work, or see the Politics desk for the analysis built on top of them. JSON.