Sherrod Brown Wins Ohio Senate Race Two Years After Defeat

Sherrod Brown defeated Jon Husted by about two percentage points in Ohio's special U.S. Senate election. Results were called with most ballots counted. Brown returns to the Senate two years after losing his previous seat. Jon Ossoff defeated Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia. Cory Booker won reelection in New Jersey. Phil Weiser was called the winner of the Colorado governor's race and John Hickenlooper was called victorious in the Colorado Senate race. Kathy Hochul was projected to win a second term as New York governor over Bruce Blakeman by a wide margin. Tina Pickett, Jonathan Fritz and Jeffrey Olsommer won reelection to the Pennsylvania state House. At his victory party, Jon Ossoff told supporters that in sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence of the man named President Donald J Trump. Chellie Pingree said they can put a lot more teeth into the next appropriations bill and can say that if the money is not going to be spent, they have the power to withhold other funding. Left-rated outlets foreground blue-wave and climate framing. Right-rated coverage headlines Democrats flipping JD Vance's former seat as the ex-senator completes a comeback.