Sherrod Brown
October 26, 2026 · Newsletter
This story is short and sweet.
As our campaign nears the end, I hope you know how much it means to me to have your support. I’ve been reflecting on what we’ve built together, and I wanted to tell you a story – short and sweet – that embodies why I’m in this fight.
When I first got to the U.S. Senate, they gave me an official Senate pin – the kind that says, “Look at me! Look how important I am!” I wore it for a couple of days, but it just didn’t feel right.
So I replaced it with a pin depicting a canary in a birdcage, which a Lorain steelworker gave to me decades ago at a Workers’ Memorial Day rally. I’ve kept it with me all these years, and it’s become one of my most prized possessions.
As the story goes, coal miners once brought canaries down into the mines with them as a warning system against poisonous gases. Back then, they didn’t have a union strong enough or a government that cared enough to protect them. They were on their own.
Together, we changed that. We passed worker safety laws and overtime pay. We banned child labor. We passed clean air and safe drinking water laws. We enacted Social Security and Medicare, workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights.
Because when you love this country, you fight for the people who make it work.
But right now, there is no one in D.C. willing to keep up this fight for Ohioans, and working folks across the state are paying the price.
You see, I never planned to run for office again. But when I saw all the chaos happening in Washington – and Ohio Senator Jon Husted turning his back on the everyday Ohioans I spent years and years fighting for – I knew what I had to do.
I had to get back into the fight, and I had to do it now.
Together, we can flip this seat and fix a rigged system that only benefits the wealthiest people and companies in our society and makes working people pay the price. Hard work should pay off for everyone – no matter who you are or what kind of work you do.
Over the past few months, I’ve been humbled by the outpouring of grassroots support our campaign has received. It’s clear our message is resonating with people across Ohio, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
But this is going to be a tough fight, and to keep up our momentum I need your help.
Election Day is just over a week away. We’re making our last plans for voter outreach and finalizing spending decisions. Everyone will be watching.
It’s critical we leave no doubts in anyone’s mind: We’re in it to win it.
I haven’t taken off my canary pin – and I haven’t given up our fight for workers.
How could I, when we have so much left to do?
In solidarity,
Sherrod Brown
Before you click away! Republican spending in Ohio has reached $317 million, and Sherrod Brown is counting on your support to keep up. We can’t outspend them, but we can outwork them.