Overview
- The Fox News poll, conducted May 28–June 1 and released June 3–4, found Democrat Sherrod Brown ahead of appointed Republican Sen. Jon Husted by 53% to 45% in the special Senate race.
- The survey of 1,015 registered Ohio voters has a reported margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points and was run jointly by Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R).
- President Donald Trump’s favorability in Ohio registers 42% favorable and 57% unfavorable in the poll, and Husted’s personal ratings track closely to the president’s numbers.
- Brown benefits from near-total Democratic unity (98% support) and measurable Republican crossover (31% of non‑MAGA Republicans and 13% of all Republicans), while voters who name inflation as their top issue prefer Brown by 14 points.
- The governor’s contest is essentially tied at 50% for Democrat Amy Acton and 49% for Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a sign that Ohio’s statewide races are more competitive than recent national trends suggested.