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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSherrod Brown Endorses Tim Ryan
Sen. Sherrod Brown backs U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan in Senate race
COLUMBUS (AP) Ohio's top elected Democrat endorsed U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan for Senate on Wednesday, an expected move aimed at further strengthening the party's efforts to flip a key seat next year.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the politically divided state's most successful politicians, called Ryan a friend who understands that all work has dignity.
I know Tim, and I know whose side hes on, the 68-year-old senior senator said. Hes not in this for himself or for corporate special interests he has dedicated his life to fighting for Ohioans, and their jobs and their wages and their communities.
Ryan, 48, a 10-term representative from Howland, announced his Senate bid in April to succeed Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is retiring.
He said his campaign is building the strongest grassroots campaign Ohio has ever seen in order to flip this seat.
Sherrod has proven again and again that the way to win in Ohio is by showing up and talking to workers, and thats exactly what were doing in every corner of this state," he said.
Until August, Ryan was running largely unopposed, steadily fundraising for months as a fractious race burgeoned among Portman's fellow Republicans. That's when consumer protection attorney and former congressional candidate Morgan Harper, a Black woman running to his left as a progressive, jumped into the race.
https://www.mahoningmatters.com/local-news/sen-sherrod-brown-backs-us-rep-tim-ryan-in-senate-race-4509988
COLUMBUS (AP) Ohio's top elected Democrat endorsed U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan for Senate on Wednesday, an expected move aimed at further strengthening the party's efforts to flip a key seat next year.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the politically divided state's most successful politicians, called Ryan a friend who understands that all work has dignity.
I know Tim, and I know whose side hes on, the 68-year-old senior senator said. Hes not in this for himself or for corporate special interests he has dedicated his life to fighting for Ohioans, and their jobs and their wages and their communities.
Ryan, 48, a 10-term representative from Howland, announced his Senate bid in April to succeed Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is retiring.
He said his campaign is building the strongest grassroots campaign Ohio has ever seen in order to flip this seat.
Sherrod has proven again and again that the way to win in Ohio is by showing up and talking to workers, and thats exactly what were doing in every corner of this state," he said.
Until August, Ryan was running largely unopposed, steadily fundraising for months as a fractious race burgeoned among Portman's fellow Republicans. That's when consumer protection attorney and former congressional candidate Morgan Harper, a Black woman running to his left as a progressive, jumped into the race.
https://www.mahoningmatters.com/local-news/sen-sherrod-brown-backs-us-rep-tim-ryan-in-senate-race-4509988
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Sherrod Brown Endorses Tim Ryan (Original Post)
WHITT
Oct 2021
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Marthe48
(16,691 posts)1. Wonderful! Both courageous patriots
Wish I could hit the rec button several times
UTUSN
(70,496 posts)2. I've been waiting wishing hoping for Sherrod to endorse himself for years sigh.
BootinUp
(46,924 posts)3. an important race. Good move. nt
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,764 posts)4. Tim Ryan Is A Powerhouse; He Should Win
I said it earlier in the week. Tim Ryan is a lot like Sherrod Brown, in that they both have crossover appeal in a blue collar State like Ohio. When you consider that his opponent will likely be a woman who has never held elected office, and whose only qualifications seem to be that she was a Republican fundraiser and she kissed Trump's ring, I'm betting Tim Ryan wins this one. He gained a lot of experience in his short-lived run for President that should serve him well in this campaign.