Kornacki maps Brown and Husted's Ohio test through two counties
NBC News contrasts Mahoning County's changing electorate with suburban Delaware County as Democrats seek a Senate pickup.
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Story of Why this story? One of NBC News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 125,381 views.
Kornacki: The counties that could determine a Brown or Husted win in Ohio
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- 0:27Garrett Haake reports from Ohio ahead of Trump's rally, covering the Senate contest and gubernatorial campaign.
- 4:02Kornacki explains why a Brown victory over Husted would count toward Democrats' Senate pickup goal.
- 5:08Mahoning and Delaware counties illustrate the changing voting patterns central to Kornacki's Ohio analysis.
- 9:56Michigan coverage pairs Trump and Kennedy's remarks about El-Sayed with his campaign's response.
- 15:29Georgia voters identify inflation, gas prices and everyday economic pressures as priorities.
Mahoning County once gave Sherrod Brown an overwhelming victory. Steve Kornacki returns to that history at NBC News' election board to explain why the former senator's path back to Washington requires a different map today.
The Ohio Senate special election pits Brown, a Democrat, against Republican incumbent Jon Husted. The winner will finish the term JD Vance won before leaving the Senate to become vice president. For Democrats seeking control of the chamber, Kornacki explains, Ohio represents a potential pickup.
"Do you remember, are you old like me and you can remember when Ohio was like the swing state of swing states?" he asks.
His county-level analysis contrasts the changing voting patterns of working-class Mahoning County with those of suburban Delaware County. Brown's commanding Mahoning victory in 2006 supplies the historical reference point: a familiar candidate is campaigning in a state whose political geography has changed around him.
The segment, hosted by Kristen Welker, also includes Garrett Haake reporting from Chillicothe ahead of a Trump rally. It broadens into Michigan's Senate campaign rhetoric and Georgia, where Aaron Gilchrist interviews voters who identify inflation, gas prices and everyday expenses as deciding concerns.
The NBC News video has drawn roughly 125,000 views since yesterday. Its distinctive contribution to the midterm coverage is Kornacki's closer look at where an Ohio victory would have to be built, rather than simply which party leads statewide.
A Democrat who represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 2007 to 2025. He previously served as Ohio secretary of state and in the U.S. House of Representatives.
More on Wikipedia ›Ohio's November 3, 2026 Senate election pits Republican Jon Husted against Democrat Sherrod Brown. The winner will complete the term JD Vance won in 2022 before resigning to become vice president.
More on Wikipedia ›A Republican serving as Ohio's junior U.S. senator since 2025. He previously served as Ohio's lieutenant governor and secretary of state.
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Whose former Senate seat are Jon Husted and Sherrod Brown contesting?
The special election fills the remainder of the term Vance won in 2022 before becoming vice president.