Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Campbell Brown born November 9 1952 is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Ohio a seat which he has held since 2007 A member of the Democratic Party he was the US representative for Ohios 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007 and the 47th secretary of state of Ohio from 1983 to 1991 He started his political career in 1975 as an Ohio state representative Brown defeated twoterm Republican incumbent Mike DeWine in the 2006 US Senate election and was reelected in 2012 defeating state treasurer Josh Mandel and in 2018 defeating US representative Jim Renacci In the Senate he was chair of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger Nutrition and Family Farms and the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy and is also a member of the Committee on Finance the Committee on Veterans Affairs and Select Committee on Ethics At the start of the 114th Congress in January 2015 Brown became the ranking Democratic member on the Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs In January 2021 Brown became chair of the committee and initiated an inquiry into the implosion of Archegos Capital Management an investment firm that was accused of fraud and insider trading and lost billions of dollars Brown became the states senior US senator after the retirement of George Voinovich in 2011 Since then Brown has been the only Democratic statewide elected official in Ohio with the exception of some Democraticaffiliated Ohio Supreme Court justices elected in nonpartisan races He is widely considered a liberal progressive and populist Democrat