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Sherrod Brown's Biography

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. Senate (OH) - Jr

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Full Name:

Sherrod C. Brown

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Connie Schultz; 4 Children; 4 Children-In-Laws; 8 Grandchildren

Birth Date:

11/09/1952

Birth Place:

Mansfield, OH

Home City:

Cleveland, OH

Religion:

Lutheran

MPA, Public Administration, Ohio State University, 1981

MA, Education, Ohio State University, 1979

BA, Russian Studies, Yale University, 1974

Candidate, United States Senate, Ohio, District Jr., 2024, 2026

Senator, United States Senate, 2007-2025

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 13, 1993-2006

Secretary of State, Ohio, 1982-1990

Representative, Ohio State House of Representatives, 1975-1982

Former Member, Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee

Former Chair, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Automotive Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on Taiwan

Former Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Steel Caucus

Former Member, Democratic Steering Committee

Former Member, Executive Committee, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Former Member, Finance Committee

Member, Great Lakes Task Force

Former Co-Chair, Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, United States Senate

Former Member, Law Enforcement Caucus

Former Member, Medical Technology Caucus

Founder, Northeast Ohio Breast and Prostate Cancer Task Force

Former Member, Older Americans Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Senate Air Force Caucus

Former Member, Senate Nuclear Waste Cleanup Caucus

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy

Former Member, Veterans' Affairs Committee

Co-Founder, House Food Safety Caucus, 2003-2006

Teacher, Government/Political Science, Ohio State University, 1979-1981

Astrological Sign:

Scorpio

Awards:

Friend of Children and Children's Hospitals, National Association of Children's Hospitals; Distinguished Public Health Legislator of the Year, American Public Health Association, 2002

Number of Grandchildren:

3

Publications:

Myths of Free Trade (New Press: 2004) Congress from the Inside: Observations from the Majority and the Minority (Kent State University Press, 2002)

Spouse's Occupation:

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist

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