Sherrod Brown
OH-Sen
Attacked tax breaks and handouts for Big Tech and data centers
We need to talk about data centers. My opponent Jon Husted has been called the face of data centers in Ohio. He aggressively recruited them to Ohio and gave them huge tax breaks, while electricity bills exploded for ordinary residents. Me? I think these companies should pay for their own damn electricity.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
To me it's this, we need to make sure that there's local input on these locations of these, that they use union labor when they build them, that we don't use over-the-top tax breaks for these big tech companies and that people's electric bills, that people in Ohio shouldn't pay the electric bills for these out-of-state corporations,News article, September 18, 2026
Supported stronger oversight of data-center development
I'm Sherrod Brown, and I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video, August 26, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video ad, July 10, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you. They don't get to play games with your energy bill.Video ad, July 10, 2026
I'll require data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video ad, July 14, 2026
We need to talk about data centers. My opponent Jon Husted has been called the face of data centers in Ohio. He aggressively recruited them to Ohio and gave them huge tax breaks, while electricity bills exploded for ordinary residents. Me? I think these companies should pay for their own damn electricity.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
So local communities need to have a say in this, and there has to be a law that data centers, out of state corporations, out of state investors come to Ohio and we subsidize their electricity rates. That should simply not happenLocal tv interview (article transcribing video), September 22, 2026
Local communities should decide whether or not a data center comes into their community, not out of state corporations and billionaires.News story, October 2, 2026
I'll fight to end the war and make data centers pay their own bills.Video ad, October 22, 2026
Data centers should pay the full cost of the electricity they use.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
Communities should be allowed to have input on whether they want them or not,News story, September 26, 2026
In the Senate, I’ll fight to ensure data centers pay the full cost of their electricity so that Ohioans aren’t footing the bill.News story, October 2, 2026
They should eliminate the tax breaks. Why would we want these data centers to come in and use tax dollars to get them here?News story, June 24, 2026
They shouldn't get these huge, over-the-top tax breaks, $2.5 billion in tax breaks to build these.Local tv interview (article transcribing video), September 22, 2026
“Ohioans shouldn’t be forced to foot the bill for these data centers’ electricity and construction costs,”.News article, September 17, 2026
I think you need reasonable regulation on any companies that come in, but you start with the fact that you need to be skeptical of these big companies that are buying their way into Ohio with low local income,".News article, September 18, 2026
I think these companies should pay for their own damn electricity.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
He's voted for higher electric rates for these data centers. He was the point man for more than 200 of them coming into Ohio with big tax breaks, with no local input and higher electric rate. So that's not what people want.News article, September 18, 2026
To me it's this, we need to make sure that there's local input on these locations of these, that they use union labor when they build them, that we don't use over-the-top tax breaks for these big tech companies and that people's electric bills, that people in Ohio shouldn't pay the electric bills for these out-of-state corporations,News article, September 18, 2026
They're not requiring these data centers to pay for their own electricity when it causes other electricity rate other community when the others in the community see their electric rates going up.Video, August 4, 2026
You don’t give them(companies) billions of dollars in tax breaks and not raise electric rates.News story, October 28, 2026
Binding conditions on development
So local communities need to have a say in this, and there has to be a law that data centers, out of state corporations, out of state investors come to Ohio and we subsidize their electricity rates. That should simply not happenLocal tv interview (article transcribing video), September 22, 2026
Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs
I'm Sherrod Brown, and I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video, August 26, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video ad, July 10, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you. They don't get to play games with your energy bill.Video ad, July 10, 2026
I'll require data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video ad, July 14, 2026
We need to talk about data centers. My opponent Jon Husted has been called the face of data centers in Ohio. He aggressively recruited them to Ohio and gave them huge tax breaks, while electricity bills exploded for ordinary residents. Me? I think these companies should pay for their own damn electricity.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
So local communities need to have a say in this, and there has to be a law that data centers, out of state corporations, out of state investors come to Ohio and we subsidize their electricity rates. That should simply not happenLocal tv interview (article transcribing video), September 22, 2026
I'll fight to end the war and make data centers pay their own bills.Video ad, October 22, 2026
Data centers should pay the full cost of the electricity they use.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
In the Senate, I’ll fight to ensure data centers pay the full cost of their electricity so that Ohioans aren’t footing the bill.News story, October 2, 2026
“Ohioans shouldn’t be forced to foot the bill for these data centers’ electricity and construction costs,”.News article, September 17, 2026
I think these companies should pay for their own damn electricity.Campaign email, August 2, 2026
To me it's this, we need to make sure that there's local input on these locations of these, that they use union labor when they build them, that we don't use over-the-top tax breaks for these big tech companies and that people's electric bills, that people in Ohio shouldn't pay the electric bills for these out-of-state corporations,News article, September 18, 2026
They're not requiring these data centers to pay for their own electricity when it causes other electricity rate other community when the others in the community see their electric rates going up.Video, August 4, 2026
Enforceable water, energy, and community protections
In the Senate, I’ll fight to ensure data centers pay the full cost of their electricity so that Ohioans aren’t footing the bill.News story, October 2, 2026
Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies
I'll stand up to Big Tech. I'll stand up to the oil companiesNews article, September 18, 2026
I think you need reasonable regulation on any companies that come in, but you start with the fact that you need to be skeptical of these big companies that are buying their way into Ohio with low local income,".News article, September 18, 2026
Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage
My plan is to rescind the $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid that has put hospitals at risk across Ohio.News story, October 2, 2026
Called for lowering prescription-drug prices
Tell them Tell them how we're going to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries.Video, July 31, 2026
make it illegal for judge drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries. The same pill The same pill should be the same price.Video, August 26, 2026
Tell them how we're working to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries. The same The same pill should be the same price.Video, October 24, 2026
The drug companies, let's make it illegal for them to charge Americans more than they do in other countries because the same pill should be the same price.Video, September 21, 2026
Tell them how we're going to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries. The same The same pill should be the same price.Video, September 5, 2026
We've got to first of all put a cap on prescription drug prices the way we did with insulin a couple of years ago from people on MedicareNews story, October 29, 2026
We should have the government do it the way we do it at the VA; negotiate drug prices. You shouldn't pay more for a pill here than you pay in Canada.News story, October 29, 2026
We must make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more for the same drug than what they charge in other countries.News story, October 2, 2026
You start with individual things like if you're buying a prescription drug in the United States, you should have the It's the same pill, you ought to get the same price.Video, September 7, 2026
When the drug companies jacked up prices, Brown successfully fought to cap the cost of insulin and reduce the price of other prescription drugs for Ohio seniors.Campaign website, April 23, 2026
When we fought to cap insulin prices and bring down the cost of prescription drugs, we stood up to Big Pharma and won.Campaign email, October 21, 2026
Prescription-drug price limits
Tell them Tell them how we're going to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries.Video, July 31, 2026
make it illegal for judge drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries. The same pill The same pill should be the same price.Video, August 26, 2026
Tell them how we're working to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries. The same The same pill should be the same price.Video, October 24, 2026
The drug companies, let's make it illegal for them to charge Americans more than they do in other countries because the same pill should be the same price.Video, September 21, 2026
Tell them how we're going to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they do in other countries. The same The same pill should be the same price.Video, September 5, 2026
We've got to first of all put a cap on prescription drug prices the way we did with insulin a couple of years ago from people on MedicareNews story, October 29, 2026
We must make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more for the same drug than what they charge in other countries.News story, October 2, 2026
Government price negotiation
We should have the government do it the way we do it at the VA; negotiate drug prices. You shouldn't pay more for a pill here than you pay in Canada.News story, October 29, 2026
Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy
You end the war you take away the tax breaks that billionaires had and that money then goes investing in Medicaid and other thingsVideo, September 27, 2026
That means eliminating that that that means pulling out of getting out of the war. It means taking away those tax cuts for the rich. And and instead fund Medicaid the way we were. It means getting rid of these tariffs.Video, September 27, 2026
It means taking away those tax cuts for the rich. And and instead fund Medicaid the way we were.Video, September 27, 2026
To ensure Social Security benefits are there for future generations, we need to make sure that billionaires are paying their fair share by raising the tax cap so we can extend the life of the program,Newsweek, October 30, 2026
Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress
As long as people in Congress can game the system to get rich, they're not working for you. We have to ban them from trading stocks and ban them from cashing in as lobbyists.Video ad, June 16, 2026
No one No one who serves in Congress, no spouse should be able to trade stocks, period.Video, July 31, 2026
if you can't agree no stock trading, no become a lobbyist, if you can't agree to that, you don't belong in PUBLIC OFFICE, PERIOD.Video, August 26, 2026
So, no one no one who serves in Congress, no spouse should be able to trade stocks, period.Video, September 5, 2026
No one – NO ONE – who serves in Congress, or their spouse, should be able to trade stocks. They also shouldn’t be able to turn around when they leave office and become a lobbyist. If you can’t agree to that, you shouldn’t be in public office.News story, October 27, 2026
No one who serves in Congress should be able to trade stocks. They also shouldn’t be able to turn around when they leave office and become a lobbyist.News story, October 2, 2026
It’s time to ban Congressional stock trading and make sure members of Congress are looking out for your checking account, not their investment account.Post on X, October 18, 2026
They also shouldn't be able to turn around when they leave office and become a lobbyist. And if If you can't agree to that, no stock trades, don't become a lobbyist.Video, July 31, 2026
It’s time to ban Congressional stock trading and end the corruption.Post on X, October 26, 2026
It’s time to ban congressional stock trading and stop the corruption.Post on X, October 21, 2026
Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules
if you can't agree no stock trading, no become a lobbyist, if you can't agree to that, you don't belong in PUBLIC OFFICE, PERIOD.Video, August 26, 2026
Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office
Losing means two more years of Jon Husted handing tax breaks to data centers while your electric bill climbs, more of Trump's corruption and chaos, and higher prices on everything from gas to groceries to health care.Campaign email, August 6, 2026
Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs
That means eliminating that that that means pulling out of getting out of the war. It means taking away those tax cuts for the rich. And and instead fund Medicaid the way we were. It means getting rid of these tariffs.Video, September 27, 2026
Need to end this war. I'm not going to analyze a pundit and an economist. I'm going to say in this war and end these tariffs, we know that's why prices have gone up so high, and we need to stop it.Video, October 14, 2026
I'll fight to end the war, to stop the tariffs, to hold the powerful accountable.Video ad, October 22, 2026
Third is end the tariffs. We know that tariffs, farmers are losing huge numbers of sales of soybeans to China because of these tariffs. We know that tariffs add to costs throughout the system.Video, October 12, 2026
We're going to end this war, we're going to end these tariffs.News story, October 29, 2026
The first thing we should do is fight to end the war. The second thing we should do is fight to end the tariffs.News story, October 14, 2026
Called for stopping price gouging
It's wrong that prescription drugs made in America cost less in other countries. It's time we take on the drug companies, ban this price gouging, and make filling your prescription affordable.Post on X, October 11, 2026
Called for making child care more affordable
It's time Ohio has a senator who will fight to lower the cost of utilities, groceries, health care, and child care - not vote to raise them.Campaign website, August 6, 2026
Called for lowering household utility bills
I'm Sherrod Brown, and I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video, August 26, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video ad, July 10, 2026
I'll require the data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you. They don't get to play games with your energy bill.Video ad, July 10, 2026
I'll require data centers pay the full cost of their electricity, not you.Video ad, July 14, 2026
Because big corporations started draining the grid. I'll make them pay for their electricity. The world's richest companies should pay like anyone elseVideo ad, July 14, 2026
I'll make them pay for their electricity. The world's richest companies should pay like anyone else.Video ad, July 14, 2026
So, you you start you start with labor law and getting workers, and not just union workers, but you get workers at the table, you cap utility rate increases, you give people a fighting chanceVideo, September 7, 2026
And then you put a cap on electricity rates.Video, September 27, 2026
you cap utility rate increases, you give people a fighting chanceVideo, September 7, 2026
You um you go after the electric company who have who have done um who have raised their prices in Ohio uh faster than thatVideo, September 27, 2026
Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies
He’s voted 14 times for the war in Iran, and we’re seeing diesel prices and fertilizer prices and gas prices and food prices go up and up and up.Campaign email, October 3, 2026
Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies
So, you you start you start with labor law and getting workers, and not just union workers, but you get workers at the table, you cap utility rate increases, you give people a fighting chanceVideo, September 7, 2026
Limits on utility charges, corporate ownership, or costs passed to customers
So, you you start you start with labor law and getting workers, and not just union workers, but you get workers at the table, you cap utility rate increases, you give people a fighting chanceVideo, September 7, 2026
Supported stronger union organizing and collective-bargaining rights
start with worker worker laws. I mean, it's it's so much harder to form a union today than it was 10, 20, 50 years ago and carrying a union card means for sure means better benefits, higher wages for people across the board.Video, September 7, 2026
i'm obviously for a higher minimum wage uh mostly i and i know that unions that that workers that want to join unions have should have the opportunity to do soVideo, October 12, 2026
Supported raising the minimum wage
i'm obviously for a higher minimum wage uh mostly i and i know that unions that that workers that want to join unions have should have the opportunity to do soVideo, October 12, 2026
you know i'm obviously for a higher minimum wageVideo, October 12, 2026
i'm obviously for a higher minimum wageVideo, October 12, 2026
Supported protecting workers from AI-related harms
So, you you start you start with labor law and getting workers, and not just union workers, but you get workers at the table, you cap utility rate increases, you give people a fighting chanceVideo, September 7, 2026
Worker bargaining or consultation rights
So, you you start you start with labor law and getting workers, and not just union workers, but you get workers at the table, you cap utility rate increases, you give people a fighting chanceVideo, September 7, 2026
Called for making housing more affordable
They deserve someone who will fight to lower costs, raise wages, and make government actually work for working people, not someone who continues to vote against their best interest.Campaign email, January 17, 2026
many people now are paying more in rent than they'd pay in a mortgage, but they can't afford the down payment, and that's ridiculous. That means we've got to help people get that first payment. Government's got to get serious about it, and it means city government, county government. It means partly keeping out those private equity investors. They'll buy 10 houses in the same neighborhood and drive prices up and make it damn near impossible for anybody to buy a house.Video, October 28, 2026
Called for restricting corporate, private equity, and hedge fund purchases of homes
many people now are paying more in rent than they'd pay in a mortgage, but they can't afford the down payment, and that's ridiculous. That means we've got to help people get that first payment. Government's got to get serious about it, and it means city government, county government. It means partly keeping out those private equity investors. They'll buy 10 houses in the same neighborhood and drive prices up and make it damn near impossible for anybody to buy a house.Video, October 28, 2026
Homeownership assistance
many people now are paying more in rent than they'd pay in a mortgage, but they can't afford the down payment, and that's ridiculous. That means we've got to help people get that first payment. Government's got to get serious about it, and it means city government, county government. It means partly keeping out those private equity investors. They'll buy 10 houses in the same neighborhood and drive prices up and make it damn near impossible for anybody to buy a house.Video, October 28, 2026
Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity
When Wall Street banks gambled away workers’ hard-earned pensions, Sherrod led the charge to make sure over 100,000 Ohioans got the retirement they were owed.Campaign website, April 23, 2026
When we fought to save the pensions of tens of thousands of Ohio retirees, we stood up to Wall Street and won.Campaign email, October 21, 2026
Supported protecting or expanding abortion access
Jon Husted supports banning abortion with no exceptions, including for the life of the mother. He is far too extreme for Ohio and is a threat to women's health care across the country. I'm the only person in this race who has a record of advocating for a woman's right to choose.Bluesky, June 24, 2026
Expanding clean energy
It means uncanceling the clean energy projects he canceled.Video, March 28, 2026
Supported stronger rights and safeguards in immigration enforcement
I think for sure we need rules around ICENews story, published by May 17, 2026
Stronger enforcement accountability
I think for sure we need rules around ICENews story, published by May 17, 2026
Supported stronger checks on executive power
So, um the first thing we do is is is come back is build guardrails so they can't do that kind of power grab.Video, March 29, 2026
Supported strengthening voting rights
I've fought my whole life to protect and expand voting rights. I'm not stopping anytime soon.Campaign email, January 7, 2026
Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it
You end the war you take away the tax breaks that billionaires had and that money then goes investing in Medicaid and other thingsVideo, September 27, 2026
That means eliminating that that that means pulling out of getting out of the war. It means taking away those tax cuts for the rich. And and instead fund Medicaid the way we were. It means getting rid of these tariffs.Video, September 27, 2026
Need to end this war. I'm not going to analyze a pundit and an economist. I'm going to say in this war and end these tariffs, we know that's why prices have gone up so high, and we need to stop it.Video, October 14, 2026
So there's many things we should do. One is end the war.Video, October 12, 2026
Jon Husted had 14 opportunities to lower costs for Ohioans by ending this costly war in Iran but he voted against it every single time.Post on X, October 28, 2026
I stand up against this Iranian war which has has cost Ohio taxpayers untold millions of dollars not to mention higher gas and diesel and fertilizer prices.Video, September 27, 2026
The first thing we need to do is end this reckless war in Iran.News story, October 2, 2026
Well, number one on the list is end the war.News article, October 13, 2026