Josh Mandel: "We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes"

A checked claim

We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes

Josh Mandel · A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 10, 2012 · Race: U.S. Senator from Ohio

About Sherrod Brown.

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Mostly False

PolitiFact, October 10, 2012 · read the check

Our check against the record

Does not match the record

Checked against Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on, counted from the Senate's own roll call XML for the 110th, 111th and 112th Congresses: 24 in all of 2007 through 2012, of which 3 fell in 2012.

The record: Roll Call Votes of the 110th, 111th and 112th Congresses, the Senate's own per-vote XML

Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting onSenate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on ran from 8 votes in 2007 to 3 votes in 2012, between 0 votes and 8 votes across the series; the date of the claim, 2012-10-10, is marked.Source: United States Senate: Roll Call Votes of the 110th, 111th and 112th Congresses, the Senate's own per-vote XML · as of 2026-09-20 · Download this chart

The numbers behind this figure, as a table

Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on
Series	When	votes
Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on	2007	8
Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on	2008	2
Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on	2009	8
Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on	2010	0
Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on	2011	3
Senate roll call votes Sherrod Brown was recorded Not Voting on	2012	3

Context

Mandel made this claim about Brown's Senate attendance during the 2012 race.

Topics: Senate attendance, 2012 U.S. Senate.

Other claims by Josh Mandel

voted six times to raise his own pay

A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 2, 2012 · PolitiFact: False
will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history

A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · June 28, 2012 · PolitiFact: Pants on Fire
sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries

A 2012 Mandel campaign television ad · May 23, 2012 · PolitiFact: Pants on Fire
Boyce gave (a lobbyist's) wife a sensitive job in the treasurer's office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque.

2010 campaign television advertisement · September 30, 2010 · PolitiFact: False

Every claim filed under Josh Mandel

Sources

Josh Mandel dings Sherrod Brown for missing 350 votes · PolitiFact · 2012-10-10 · accessed 2026-09-19
Roll Call Votes of the 110th, 111th and 112th Congresses, the Senate's own per-vote XML · United States Senate · accessed 2026-09-20

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