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[[Image:{{Officeholder|name=Sherrod Brown|image=sherrodbrown.jpg|250pxparty=[[Democrat]]|rightspouse=Larke Ummel Brown (div.)<br/>Connie Schultz|religion=[[Lutheran]]|offices= {{Officeholder/senator |state=Ohio |terms=January 3, 2007 – present |preceded=Mike DeWine |status=s |succeeded= }} {{Officeholder/representative |state=Ohio |district=13th |terms=January 5, 1993 – January 3, 2007 |preceded=Don Pease |former=n |succeeded=Betty Sutton }}}} '''Sherrod Campbell Brown''' (, born November 9, 1952-(age {{age|1952|11|9}}) , is a pro-[[abortion]]<ref>Brown has a 100% rating with NARAL [http://www.ontheissues.org/social/Sherrod_Brown_Abortion.htm Sherrod Brown on Abortion] On The Issues</ref>[[Democratic]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Ohio]] (2007-), serving with [[George Voinovich]]. He was also a member of the [[House of Representatives]] (1993-2007), Ohio Secretary of State (1983-1991), and an Ohio State Representative (1974-1982). As a Senator, he came to congress in the 2006 anti-Bush wave of so-called "Conservative Democrats" with more than $3 million poured into his campaign from out of state.<ref>[http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=cdcltncab&v=001SEg_mP6bgKQF1WBbTZAKJb4WF-PtsK7u531Z4CT-tKKyULDTS8voy2P65XMsf7UUU-Px9Ji8t-vDs9Eu6i5wP6MlHM7DJDeemNNfJo97QIOI42sLa_WCjI3ZgSinSQR-RHrQEW0RD1KtVK3vFs08YPnZh5UMgpoGtwZdhR8m-PRGf8Ic5Sqf5PQo51gFsUYd (1)]</ref> Brown is noted for a member of the [[socialist]] Progressive Caucus. Brown is tight with [[George Soros]] as evident by a personal campaign contribution from him.<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=977 GEORGE SOROS, Discover The Networks]</ref> The [[National Journal]] has ranked U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) as the U.S. Senate's “Most Liberal” member.<ref>[http://www.nrsc.org/congratulations-sherrod-brown-on-being mostly -ranked-most-liberal-senator Congratulations, although Sherrod Brown, On Being Ranked “Most Liberal” Senator, NRSC, February 25, 2011]</ref> Brown is a champion of [[ACORN]] and was once a spokesman in their propaganda videos. They in turn supported his campaign. He was named in an ACORN Corruption Congressional Report stating the promotion of a partisan political agenda in violation of many tax and election laws.<ref>[https://www.redstate.com/wellsy/2009/07/24/sen-sherrod-brown-tied-to-acorn-in-congressional-report/ Sen. Sherrod Brown tied to ACORN in Congressional report, Red State, July 24, 2009]</ref> Brown's daughter Emily works for [[Service Employees International Union]],<ref>[http://ebfromga.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/ohios-senator-sherrod-browns-connection-to-acorn/ Ohio’s Senator Sherrod Brown’s Connection to SEIU and ACORN, Earl Says, September 18, 2009]</ref> the union co-created by ACORN's [[Wade Rathke]].  He wrote an Op-Ed piece for USA Today were he attacks the [[Tea Party movement]] as faux populism and extremism.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-10-04-column04_ST1_N.htm How to fight Tea Party's faux populism, USA Today, October 3, 2010]</ref> On March 2, Sherrod Brown gave a speech on the Senate floor defending [[labor unions]]. He would attack Republicans by comparing them to other horrible governments that were opposed to labor unions; saying that dictators like Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin opposed them.<ref>[https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/147323-ohio-senator-hitler-stalin-didnt-want-unions Ohio senator: GOP tries to take down unions, and so did Hitler and Stalin, The Hill, March 3, 2011]</ref> Unknown to Brown, Hitler and Stalin both championed policies Sherrod Brown supports such as universal healthcare, expanded animal welfare laws, support of healthy, organic foods and vegetarianism, a minimum wage, progressive taxation, and tight gun control.<ref>[https://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/03/03/senator-sherrod-brown-d-oh-meets-hitler/ Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Meets Hitler, RedState, March 3, 2011]</ref> ==2012 Senate Race==Brown faced Republican [[Josh Mandel]] in 2012. [[Obama]] formally started his campaign for re-election in Columbus, Ohio together with Brown. Brown has voted started the ''Women for Sherrod Brown'' subgroup, which ties into the national meme from Democrats of a GOP [[War on Women]]. The [[Daily Caller]] learned that Brown's first wife had a placed a restraining order on him, citing in [[divorce]] records that Brown was guilty of extreme cruelty toward her, on several occasions, Larke alleged, her husband had “intimidated, pushed, shoved, and bullied her.” <ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/03/Sherrod-Brown-Divorce-Obama?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29, OBAMA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN WITH ALLEGED WIFE-ABUSER SHERROD BROWN, May 4, 2012]</ref> ==Votes==According to the leftwing Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), Brown votes with conservatives the liberal agenda 95% of the time. Some votes below: *July 1996 he voted against a bill defining marriage as “a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.”*April 2005 he supported “the transportation of a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without the consent of a parent or legal guardian.”*April 2005 he voted against allowing oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska.*September 2007 he supports Federal funds distributed to organizations that support the practices of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.*Brown voted for the Stimulus, the Omnibus spending bill and [[ObamaCare]].*Voted for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout.*Voted for Cash for Clunkers*Voted for auto bailouts*Voted for "card check"*Voted against earmark moratorium*Voted against repeal of the death tax*Voted against a ban on funding for [[Planned Parenthood]] He has never turned down and always votes for massive tax hikes. Brown sponsored 6 bills, none made into law. Brown co-sponsored 49 bills, none made into law.<ref>[http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/400050 Senator Sherrod Brown, Open Congress]</ref> February 2010, it was reported that a few issues"clean technology" bill sponsored by Brown—the "Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009"—was drafted with the help of the [[Apollo Alliance]], a leftwing environmental group and [[Tides Foundation]] project.

==External Links==*[http://browndumpsherrodbrown.senatewordpress.gov/ com Dump Sherrod Brown's Senate Websitewebsite]].