Election 2026
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Issue record
In short
Brown's campaign lists no position on the pages checked; he cosponsored the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis voting rights bill. Husted's office backs photo ID to vote, and he filed a bill requiring it nationwide. Levy's campaign would outlaw gerrymandering and voter purges; Redpath's backs ranked-choice voting and the National Popular Vote compact. A Senate vote to start debate on Husted's bill got 52 votes to 46, short of the 60 needed.
Campaign positions
No position on voting rules or election administration was found on his campaign's home page, its Our Fight issues page, or its posts on stock trading, data centers and fundraising. On the record, he cosponsored the Freedom to Vote Act, S. 2747, and was an original cosponsor of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, S. 4, both in the 117th Congress; that is a cosponsorship, not a statement.
His office says voters should have to show photo identification at the polls, and he introduced a bill to require it nationwide.
His platform calls for outlawing gerrymandering and voter purges, and for moving to abolish the Senate and the Supreme Court and transfer their powers to more accountable bodies.
His campaign supports ranked-choice voting for single-winner elections, multi-member House districts under the Fair Representation Act, and the National Popular Vote compact.
Evidence timeline
official action
The Senate voted 52 to 46 on whether to begin debate on his bill, short of the 60 needed, so it was never debated.
His office says the Senate voted on his bill to require voters to show photo ID at the polls, and that it fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance, 52 to 46. He introduced S. 5271 on August 5, 2026, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification. In the Senate sitting of August 7, 2026, which ran into August 8, he voted Yea on cloture on the motion to proceed to it; cloture was not invoked, 52 to 46 (Roll Call 231), so the bill was not debated. Limit: The vote the Senate held was on whether to begin debate, and it needed 60 votes. His office describes it that way.
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Friends of Sherrod Brown · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The biography section holds all of his claims about his own record. Its footer reads "Paid for by Friends of Sherrod Brown" and links his X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, YouTube and Bluesky accounts. The site's WordPress API refuses anonymous readers (HTTP 401), so pages were read as a reader reaches them.
candidate statement
For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position
Friends of Sherrod Brown · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The site's only issues page: health insurance, drug prices, data centers, utility rates, and congressional stock trading and lobbying. Its lines about his opponent are out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar. Brown a cosponsor. Did not pass.
official legislative record
For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsor: Patrick Leahy. Brown an original cosponsor. Did not pass.
official legislative record
For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position
Office of Senator Jon Husted · Published Aug 8, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified.
candidate statement
For: Jon Husted: campaign position; Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim
Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sponsor: Jon Husted, introduced August 5, 2026. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.
official legislative record
For: Jon Husted: campaign position; Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim
Greg Levy for Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. A 2,836-word platform, the whole of his issue material.
candidate statement
For: Greg Levy: campaign position
Redpath for US Senate Committee · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The site's issues page, served at /faq/: Iran, tariffs, immigration, the debt and entitlements, federal spending, taxes and electoral reform.
candidate statement
For: William B. Redpath: campaign position
Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Yeas 52, nays 46; cloture needed 60 and was not invoked. The Record prints this sitting under August 7, 2026; it ran into August 8, the date Congress.gov and his office's release give. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.
official legislative record
For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim