- In fact, Brown received 280,000 more votes than his partyâs gubernatorial candidate, Richard Cordray, and 100,000 more than Cordrayâs victorious Republican rival, Mike DeWine. Brown actually won by a larger margin Tuesday than in 2012, when Barack Obama was on the ballot to boost Democratic turnout. And the gap between his victory this year and Trumpâs in 2016 â a swing of 14.5 percentage points â was wider than all but Jon Testerâs in Montana and Joe Manchinâs in West Virginia.
- Brown keeps winning in Ohio because he has spent his entire career obsessing, first and foremost, over the concerns of workers. Not just white workers, the way Trump did in 2016. All workers.
- âI do my very best to fight for working people in this job,â Brown told Yahoo News last year. âAnd that means all workers â whether you punch a time sheet or swipe a badge, make a salary or earn tips. Whether youâre on payroll, a contract worker or a temp â working behind a desk, on a factory floor or behind a restaurant counter. The fact is, all workers across this country are feeling squeezed.â