Polls · Ohio Senate (special)
CNN / SSRS , 5 October 2026
CNN / SSRS has Sherrod Brown ahead of Jon Husted by 6 points in Ohio Senate (special), 49% to 43%. It is this pollster's first poll of this race in our data.
| Race | Ohio Senate (special) |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 29 September 2026 – 5 October 2026 |
| Stage | General election |
| Sample | 760 (likely voters) |
| Method | – |
| Release | release |
| In our average | Yes |
Main
 Sherrod Brown D |
49 | |
 Jon Husted R |
43 | |
| Other | 7 | |
| Undecided | 1 |
Margin on the decided vote: D+6.1; after our adjustments D+5.1, which includes a move of 0.4 points to the Democrats with the national trend since the poll (↻).
Against the other polls
Its figures are within a point and a half of the median of the 5 other polls of this race taken within a week of it.
Photo credits
1 official portrait from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (US government work, public domain): Jon Husted.
- Sherrod Brown: Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Services; Rebecca Hammel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherrod_Brown_117th_Congress_(2).jpg)