Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown’s entry would give Democrats their top potential recruit, since Brown has been elected statewide five times in Ohio.

The Democrat will run for the seat held by GOP. Sen Jon Husted, who was appointed to serve the rest of Vice President JD Vance's term.

The former three-term senator is said to be running to get his old job back, delivering a recruitment coup for Democrats facing an uphill battle to win a Senate majority next year.