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United States Senate election in Ohio, 2012

United States Senate election in Ohio, 2012
Ohio
← 2006 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2018 →
Turnout 64.6% (voting eligible)
  Sherrod Brown official photo 2009 2.jpg Josh Mandel.jpg
Nominee Sherrod Brown Josh Mandel
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,762,757 2,435,740
Percentage 50.7% 44.7%

Ohio Senate Election Results by County, 2012.svg
U.S. Senate election results map. Blue denotes counties/districts won by Brown. Red denotes those won by Mandel.

U.S. Senator before election

Sherrod Brown
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Sherrod Brown
Democratic


Sherrod Brown
Democratic

Sherrod Brown
Democratic

The 2012 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown won re-election to a second term. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary and Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel won the Republican primary with 63% of the vote.

Josh Mandel was endorsed by Rob Portman, U.S. Senator (R-OH);Jim DeMint, U.S. Senator (R-SC);Jim Jordan, U.S. Congressman (R-OH);Club for Growth;National Rifle Association;Tea Party Express;Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida;John McCain, U.S. Senator (R-AZ);Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator (R-FL);Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey; Afghanistan & Iraq Veterans for Congress (AIVC); Buckeye Firearms AssociationNational Right to Life Committee; Ohio Right to Life; and National Federation of Independent Business


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