United States Senate (Ohio)

Sherrod Brown

• Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress

  2018 U.S. Senate campaign TV ad · May 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 31, 2018 · the check

Jim Renacci

• votes 97 percent with Chuck Schumer, almost 95 plus percent with Elizabeth Warren

  2018 U.S. Senate campaign · July 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly True, July 31, 2018 · the check

Sherrod Brown

1. 2019 · bill

   Co-sponsored the End Mass Deportation Act in 2019.

   Source: politifact.com

2. 2019 · appointment

   Chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs during his final Senate term.

   Sources: banking.senate.gov · brown.senate.gov

3. May 2018 · statement

   His campaign's TV ad said Jim Renacci 'has been a lobbyist even while in Congress' and voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold government posts and harder to investigate conflicts of interest.

   PolitiFact: Mostly False · the source

   Source: politifact.com

4. 2018 · bill

   Cosponsored the INTERDICT Act, signed into law, aimed at helping U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercept illicit fentanyl shipments.

   Source: brown.senate.gov

5. 2018 · bill

   Added provisions to the Senate Finance Committee's opioid package aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic, including efforts with Senator Rob Portman to lift the Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion to expand addiction-treatment access.

   Source: brown.senate.gov

6. 2015 · bill

   Was the lead sponsor of the Leveling the Playing Field Act, a bipartisan bill signed into law in 2015 that changed U.S. trade-enforcement law.

   United Steelworkers, in its December 15, 2025 endorsement: From fighting to restore the pensions our retirees earned to demanding trade policies that safeguard American manufacturing jobs, he has consistently delivered. · the source

   Sources: brown.senate.gov · britannica.com · usw.org

7. October 10, 2012 · action

   Maintained a Senate floor-vote attendance rate PolitiFact found to be nearly 99% during the period Mandel's 2012 campaign said he had missed more than 350 official votes.

   PolitiFact, rating a Mandel campaign claim that he had missed more than 350 votes: Mostly False · the source

   Source: politifact.com

8. May 18, 2012 · statement

   His 2012 campaign said Mandel would have voted no on the federal auto-industry rescue loans to GM and Chrysler.

   PolitiFact: False · the source

   Source: politifact.com

9. 2010 · bill

   Was among the sponsors of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. His Senate office states the bureau has returned about $21 billion to more than 205 million Americans since 2011.

   Sources: banking.senate.gov · brown.senate.gov

10. 2008 · action

    Pushed for federal loans and bridge support for domestic automakers during the 2008 and 2009 auto industry crisis.

    Sources: brown.senate.gov · brown.senate.gov

11. 2001 · vote

    Voted at least 10 times between 2001 and 2024, in the U.S. House and the Senate, against measures restricting federal funding to cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

    Sources: politifact.com · politifact.com

Jim Renacci

1. August 9, 2018 · ruling

   The House Office of Congressional Ethics referred allegations to the House Committee on Ethics that Renacci misused official congressional resources for campaign purposes, including campaign social-media posts filmed in official House buildings and official staff doing campaign work during official time, per the OCE referral; the OCE found 'substantial reason to believe' misuse occurred. The House Ethics Committee extended its investigation in November 2018 and made no public finding in its public statements reviewed.

   Sources: conduct.house.gov · ethics.house.gov

2. 2018 · vote

   As a sitting Representative, voted multiple times to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, including the American Health Care Act.

   Sherrod Brown's campaign, per the Statehouse News Bureau: Would have stripped protections for Ohioans with pre-existing conditions · the source

   Source: statenews.org

3. December 19, 2017 · vote

   As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, voted for House passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Roll Call 692), which created the Section 199A 20% pass-through deduction; his own 2017 financial disclosure, filed May 15, 2018, lists him as an officer, general partner, member or president of numerous real-estate and nursing-home-related pass-through entities.

   Sources: clerk.house.gov · pfds.opensecrets.org

Sherrod Brown

FEC, as of June 30, 2026: raised $38,566,234, spent $22,336,493, cash on hand $16,229,741.

From inside Ohio: $9,861,954 (40%).

Sources: api.open.fec.gov · ohiocapitaljournal.com · washingtonsun.com · fec.gov · fec.gov

FEC, as of December 31, 2024: raised $96,530,241, spent $99,564,642, cash on hand $394,230.

From inside Ohio: $20,032,416 (31%).

Sources: api.open.fec.gov · fec.gov · fec.gov · opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org

FEC, as of December 31, 2018: raised , spent $27,800,000.

Source: opensecrets.org

FEC, as of December 31, 2012: raised , spent $24,600,000.

Source: opensecrets.org

Top donors, as filed

• ActBlue small-dollar donors · $3,800,000 · campaign committee

  small-dollar donors through ActBlue, at an average donation of about $122

  Sources: opensecrets.org · ohiocapitaljournal.com

• Donors at a September 14, 2026 San Francisco-area fundraiser · $870,000 · PAC · Out of state

  more than 40 donors giving at the maximum personal limit through the Ohio Grassroots Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee, including members of the Pritzker, Gates, Soros and Rockefeller families

  Sources: ohio.news · dailysignal.com

• Corporate political action committees · $300,000 · PAC

  corporate political action committees including Visa Inc., New York Life, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Boeing and Bank of New York Mellon

  Sources: foxnews.com · spectrumnews1.com

• Organized labor · $43,500 · PAC

  United Steelworkers, which endorsed him, and building-trades unions including the Bricklayers

  Source: opensecrets.org

• Ohio State University employees · $26,000 · campaign committee · In state

  employees of Ohio State University; the top donor group to the Senate Victory for Sherrod Brown 2024 joint fundraising committee, whose largest industry category was retired donors at $138,660

  Sources: opensecrets.org · opensecrets.org

• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer · $24,000 · campaign committee · Out of state

  law firm; the top donor to the Victory Now for Sherrod Brown joint fundraising committee

  Source: opensecrets.org

Outside spending

• opposing $40,000,000 · as of November 5, 2024

  Defend American Jobs · $40,000,000 · oppose

  Sources: coindesk.com · theintercept.com · bloomberg.com · cnbc.com

• supporting $24,335,248 · opposing $118,638,039 · as of September 19, 2026

  Slf Pac · $64,100,138 · oppose

  American Crossroads · $31,103,341 · oppose

  Americans For Prosperity Action, Inc. (Afp Action) Dba Cva Action And Dba Libre Action · $8,993,525 · oppose

  Buckeye Values Pac · $8,731,372 · oppose

  Winsenate · $7,061,803 · support

  National Association Of Realtors Congressional Fund · $2,394,002 · support

  Sources: api.open.fec.gov · fec.gov

• supporting $24,303,523 · opposing $115,071,915 · as of September 19, 2026

  Senate Leadership Fund · $63,683,899 · oppose

  American Crossroads · $31,103,341 · oppose

  Buckeye Values Pac · $8,731,372 · oppose

  Americans For Prosperity Action, Inc. (Afp Action) Dba Cva Action And Dba Libre Action · $7,517,864 · oppose

  Winsenate · $7,061,803 · support

  National Association Of Realtors Congressional Fund · $2,394,002 · support

  Sources: api.open.fec.gov · fec.gov

Jim Renacci

FEC, as of December 31, 2018: raised $12,061,787, spent $12,664,106.

Sources: fec.gov · opensecrets.org

Top donors, as filed

• Jennmar Corp · $46,150 · PAC · Out of state

  Mining and tunneling equipment manufacturer

  Source: opensecrets.org

• FirstEnergy Corp · $32,400 · PAC · In state

  Ohio electric utility

  Source: opensecrets.org