Sen. Sherrod Brown will not run for president in 2020. He had cast himself as able to appeal to blue-collar voters in the Midwest.
By David Weigel and David Weigel National reporter covering politics Email Bio Follow Chelsea Janes Chelsea Janes Reporter covering the Washington Nationals Email Bio Follow March 7 at 12:30 PM Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio announced Thursday that he will not seek the presidency, a decision he said came after a tour of early primary states left him more confident that his party was focusing more on labor and workers than it had in 2016.
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg also announced this week that he would not seek the Democratic nomination. View Graphic Who is hoping to challenge Trump for president in 2020? Brown’s decision may open some breathing room for other Democrats who were making similar, populist arguments and who had overlapping allies in the labor movement and on the left. Allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders saw Brown as a potential threat to the Vermont senator’s candidacy, offering Democrats a younger, fresher voice with a record of victories in the Midwest.
But on most other issues, Brown fell in line with the rest of his party and the rest of the presidential field. He stopped short of endorsing Medicare-for-all but supported greater access to national health insurance, a ban on assault weapons and a version of a Green New Deal. His competitive advantage, to some early-state Democrats, was that he had done so in an increasingly red Ohio.
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