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MU Mene Ukueberuwa Mene Ukueberuwa Mene Ukueberuwa is the politics editor of *The Free Press*. He was previously a member of *The Wall Street Journal* editorial board, and an editor at *City Jour...

“Brown is the gravelly former senator, a skeptic of free trade and friend of the unions, who Ohio voters may rehire if the blue wave crests high enough.”

The Free Press · US Politics · August 2026

“Brown is the gravelly former senator, a skeptic of free trade and friend of the unions, who Ohio voters may rehire if the blue wave crests high enough.” — Mene Ukueberuwa on Sherrod Brown, The Free Press

Context

From a Free Press piece by politics editor Mene Ukueberuwa, published August 5, 2026. It argues Democrats can learn more from the campaigns of Roy Cooper and Sherrod Brown than from the party's left-wing candidates.

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