Sherrod Brown Spends $200,000 on 30-Second Ohio Ad to Counter Transgender Attacks
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 19
Sherrod Brown Spends $200,000 on 30-Second Ohio Ad to Counter Transgender Attacks
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 19
Summary
$200,000-plus went into a new 30-second Ohio ad from Democrat Sherrod Brown, marking a direct paid response to transgender-issue attacks from Republican Jon Husted and an Elon Musk-backed PAC.
The spot uses voters from Republican-leaning Johnstown and Democratic-leaning Granville to dismiss the attacks as a distraction, then flashes text saying transgender surgeries on children are illegal in Ohio.
Brown’s ad quickly pivots to Husted’s record, accusing him of backing policies that raised grocery and gas costs, cut health coverage for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans and allowed higher electric bills.
The buy shows Brown trying a new rebuttal in a competitive Senate race by shifting the argument from cultural attacks to cost-of-living and health-care concerns.