MANSFIELD — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a native of Mansfield, announced today he will not make a presidential run in 2020.
In a series of messages on Twitter today, Brown concluded with, “I will keep fighting for all workers across the country. And I will do everything I can to elect a Democratic President and a Democratic Senate in 2020. The best place for me to make that fight is in the United States Senate. Believe me, we will fight.”
His decision ends months of speculation that the three-term senator would jump into the crowded primary race to challenge President Donald Trump.
In announcing his decision Thursday, Brown, 66, vowed to continue pushing Democrats to focus on the “dignity of work,” a term that became the senator’s trademark during his 2020 exploration.
Prior to serving in the U.S. Senate, Brown served as a U.S. Representative for the 13th District, Ohio’s Secretary of State, a member of the Ohio General Assembly, and has taught in Ohio’s public schools and at The Ohio State University.
An Eagle Scout, Brown is a native of Mansfield, where he spent summers working on his family’s farm. He and his wife live in Cleveland, have three daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, three sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren.
