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WHITT

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Wed Oct 13, 2021, 06:48 PM Oct 2021

Sherrod 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 he’s on,” the 68-year-old senior senator said. “He’s 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 that’s exactly what we’re 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 OP
Wonderful! Both courageous patriots Marthe48 Oct 2021 #1
I've been waiting wishing hoping for Sherrod to endorse himself for years sigh. UTUSN Oct 2021 #2
an important race. Good move. nt BootinUp Oct 2021 #3
Tim Ryan Is A Powerhouse; He Should Win ChoppinBroccoli Oct 2021 #4

ChoppinBroccoli

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4. Tim Ryan Is A Powerhouse; He Should Win
Wed Oct 13, 2021, 10:41 PM
Oct 2021

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.

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