Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.

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).