Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard.

Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee have also spent heavily in the race. He went on to receive a Master of Public Administration degree and a Master of Arts degree in education from The Ohio State University in Columbus in 1979 and 1981 respectively. 95% of the vote.

Before his election to the Senate he was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as the Ohio Secretary of State (1983–1991) and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1974–1982).