WATCH: GOP senator unloads on 'creature of Washington' challenger in critical Senate showdown
MARYSVILLE, OH - The Ohio Senate race could very well decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate in November and incumbent Republican Jon Husted is making the case...
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MARYSVILLE, OH - The Ohio Senate race could very well decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate in November and incumbent Republican Jon Husted is making the case that the reasons his Democratic opponent was voted out of office two years ago are still relevant today. "He’s spent 32 years in Washington and he's got nothing to show for it, the voters over here in Ohio know it," Husted told Fox News Digital at the annual Summer Farm Fest on Sunday when asked about his race against former Dem. Sen. Sherrod Brown. "That's why they sent him packing two years ago. He was defeated by Bernie Moreno by over 200,000 votes. This is all he's done. He's been in an elected office since 1974. He hasn't done anything in the private sector. He's just been a creature of Washington and I think the voters finally are tired of it. That's why they sent him packing. I don't think they're gonna have any enthusiasm for rehiring him for a job that he failed at." After representing Ohio in the Senate for almost two decades after years of serving in the House of Representatives, Brown was defeated by Republican Bernie Moreno in 2024 in a blistering campaign that was one of the most expensive in U.S. history. Moreno consistently tied Brown to the unpopular positions of then-President Joe Biden, and Husted told Fox News Digital those concerns still exist, particularly on immigration. FOX NEWS POLL: COOL YOUR SERVERS! VOTERS REJECT DATA CENTERS "We had basically an invasion of 11 million people," Husted said. "He supported amnesty for them. He supported Social Security payments for illegals, healthcare for illegals, COVID checks for illegals. The sanctuary cities he supported led to crime, fentanyl, human trafficking in our state, and it's been terrible and the voters know this." "They know that he failed them. They know when he goes off to Washington with his comrades that he votes like a liberal, that he's too liberal for Ohio, that he has a track record of voting with Bernie Sanders and K…