A Wyoming Republican senator on Tuesday endorsed newcomer Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, as a “proven leader” and sharply criticized Husted’s likely 2026 challenger, a Democrat seeking a return to the Senate, as “a failure” and “utterly out of touch with Ohio.”
“Sherrod Brown was a failure as a senator – aggressively attacking innovation, relentlessly opposing President Trump, and utterly out of touch with Ohio,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., wrote in a post on the social media platform X, assailing her former Senate colleague, who lost his bid for reelection to a fourth term last November.
Husted, who previously served as Ohio’s lieutenant governor, joined the Senate in January after being appointed to the seat by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Husted, who will turn 58 on Monday, took the Senate seat vacated by JD Vance, who was elected vice president in November.
A statement from Lummis highlighted grievances against Brown, as well as inflation rates under the Biden administration, with a warning about the effect on Ohio:
“For years, Sherrod Brown led a relentless and unfair war against digital asset innovation in America. As the former Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Brown repeatedly blocked digital asset legislation and worked to stifle the crypto industry that created jobs and economic opportunity across the country.
“Brown’s extremist policies don’t just hurt businesses—they devastate working-class Ohioans who have invested in Bitcoin and other digital assets as part of their financial planning. Thousands of Ohio citizens, and many younger voters, rely on digital assets for everything from international remittances to protecting their savings from Biden-era inflation. Yet Brown champions punitive laws designed to destroy their ability to access these financial tools and restrict their monetary freedom.”
Lummis also linked Brown to liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and further elaborated on what she views as their intransigent opposition to digital assets.
“While other countries were welcoming the digital asset industry and the jobs they create, Brown conspired with Elizabeth Warren to push policies that would force these companies to leave America and take their high-paying jobs elsewhere. Brown and Warren’s approach ignores how digital assets have revolutionized finance for millions of Americans who don’t have access to traditional banking, making it cheaper and faster to send money to family members while giving people more control over their own money and financial decisions.
“To put it clearly: Brown’s anti-crypto stance put Ohio at a competitive disadvantage while limiting the financial freedom of his own former constituents.
“States like Wyoming, Texas, and Arizona have attracted billions in crypto investment and thousands of jobs by embracing digital innovation. Meanwhile, Brown’s disastrous and failed record sent a clear message that Ohio was hostile to the financial technology sector and had no respect for its citizens’ monetary choices.”
Lummis closed by praising Husted; Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, who defeated Brown in November; and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running for governor as a Republican.
“Ohio deserves a senator who champions digital assets as both American innovation and individual financial liberty—not someone like Brown who views these opportunities as threats to be eliminated through government overreach,” she said.
“Crypto voters in Ohio delivered a crushing blow in 2024 when they overwhelmingly threw Sherrod Brown out of office and replaced him with Senator Bernie Moreno, a leader who champions digital assets and now serves as a leader on the Digital Assets Subcommittee, which I chair in the Senate,” Lummis added, concluding:
Ohio voters decisively rejected Brown’s out-of-touch extremism, and they will deliver another resounding victory when they elect Jon Husted to the Senate in 2026.
I’m pleased to endorse Sen. Jon Husted and know that he, alongside both Sen. Moreno and future Gov. Vivek Ramaswamy, will be fierce champions for the people of Ohio.
Husted and Moreno voted in favor of the GENIUS Act, a bill on standardizing regulations for stablecoins, which passed the Senate in June with bipartisan support and sponsorship. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law last month.
Among those sponsoring the bill, in addition to Lummis, were Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
The Daily Signal reached out to Brown’s campaign for comment.
A Lummis campaign spokesperson provided The Daily Signal with a further statement on the Wyoming lawmaker’s view of the state of the 2026 race.
“Sherrod Brown failed the people of America with his insane anti-Trump, anti-crypto, anti-innovation obsession. Sen. Lummis believes that Ohio deserves two strong conservatives fighting for the America First agenda in Washington and isn’t afraid to make that support clear. It’s time to officially retire Sherrod Brown and his far-left agenda,” the spokesperson said.
With Brown’s entrance into the race, Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball and Cook Political Report consider the contest to “Lean Republican.”
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