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U.S. Senate
The next scheduled election is in 2010 for the seat held by Sen. George Voinovich. Sen. Voinovich has announced he will not run for reelection. Ohio's current Lt. Governor Lee Fisher is the Democrat nominee running against former U.S. Representative Rob Portman, the Republican nominee. See information on all federal candidates in the 2010 General Election here.
Ohioans last elected a new member of the U.S. Senate in November 2006, when Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown defeated incumbent Senator Mike DeWine by a margin of 56% to 44%. The current make-up of the Senate is 57 Democrats, 41 Republicans and 2 Independents who vote regularly with the Democrat caucus. As a result, Democrats have a working majority of 59-41.
Senator Brown and Ohio's other U.S. Senator, Republican George Voinovich, deal with issues that have great impact on our economy, national security, health and well-being. Actions taken in the Senate affecting taxes, federal spending, trade issues and health care are in the news virtually every day. The votes cast by our Senators will be critical for the future of our state's businesses, employees and families.
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Profile
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
Senator Sherrod Brown was elected to a six-year term in 2006. Prior to becoming Senator, he served in the United States Congress as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993-2006. He was previously Ohio's Secretary of State and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Brown said his election to the U.S. Senate was a chance to ‘change the political direction of the country.’ He capitalized on anti-war sentiment during his campaign by stressing his vote in the House against the war and by calling for a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq within two years. He opposes existing trade agreements with other nations and wants environmental and labor standards included in such pacts. He voted against the Medicare prescription drug benefit. From 2001 to 2006, he voted against tax cuts that reduced individual income tax rates, increased the child tax credit, reduced the estate tax and reduced impact of the ‘alternative minimum tax.’ He favors an increase in the federal minimum wage.
Brown serves on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee; the Veterans' Affairs Committee; the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
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Profile
U.S. Senator George Voinovich
Senator George Voinovich was elected in 1998 and re-elected to a six-year term in 2004. He has made it his mantra to make government 'work harder and smarter and do more with less.' He states that he approaches everything he does as Senator with the goal improving the lives of the people of Ohio. Senator Voinovich has pushed for greater fiscal discipline in government, and has fought against excessive government spending and borrowing.
He is a proponent of international trade and opening markets around the world to American goods, and has co-sponsored legislation that would increase the United States' ability to take action against countries that fail to abide by trade agreements. As chairman of the Clean Air, Climate Change and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, Voinovich supported efforts to safeguard public health and the environment, while protecting America's economic prosperity by ensuring a clean, plentiful and affordable energy supply. As Governor and U.S. Senator, Voinovich has supported common sense lawsuit reform to help protect jobs in Ohio. He has also supported medical malpractice legislation to reduce insurance premiums for doctors and lower health care costs for all Ohioans. Children are a priority for Senator Voinovich, and he has supported increased access to early childhood education programs such as Head Start.
Voinovich serves on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; the Committee on Foreign Relations; and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sen. Voinovich has announced he will not run for reelection in 2010.
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