Trump to campaign with Husted in Ohio

President Trump will campaign with incumbent Ohio Sen. Jon Husted (R) in Youngstown next week, marking his second trip to the Buckeye State in a month as the incumbent faces an uphill climb.

The Oct. 12 rally comes as several polls show Husted trailing former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). A New York Times/Siena College poll released Saturday showed Brown leading Husted 49 percent to 46 percent among likely voters, a lead that was well inside the poll’s 4.5 percent margin of error.

The same survey showed Trump’s approval rating in the state at 38 percent, while his disapproval was at 60 percent.

Trump hit the campaign trail with Husted on Saturday, stumping in the Dayton suburb of Vandalia. The Hill was the first national outlet to report on the Oct. 12 rally.

Other recent polls also have shown Brown with a narrow lead. A Suffolk University poll released late last month showed the former senator leading Husted 47 percent to 44 percent among registered voters, while a Marist poll released around the same time showed Brown leading 51 percent to 43 percent among registered voters.

Trump carried the state in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections. He won the state in 2024 by just more than 11 percentage points.

Husted, who previously served as lieutenant governor, was appointed to fill Vice President Vance’s Senate seat in Ohio last year. Brown, who was first elected to the Senate in 2006, lost his reelection bid to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) in 2024.

Data centers have become a flashpoint in the Ohio Senate contest, with Trump touting the facilities on the trail.

“We want them,” Trump said, referring to data centers during Saturday’s rally in Vandalia. “Look, there’s so much money to be made for Ohio, you can’t just turn them off. They’ll go to China.”