It was widely believed that Brown would be running for governor of Ohio, but was lobbied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to instead take on Husted as Democrats will battle to take back control of the Senate in next year's midterm elections.

Ohio voters appear to already be souring on former three-term Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown’s comeback bid after rejecting the ex-senator

(WJW) — Sen. Jon Husted (R) holds a 6-point lead over Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown, while 7% of voters said they remain undecided. The new Nexstar/Emerson College poll numbers give a first look at the state of the newly minted race for U.S. Senate in Ohio.