Sherrod Brown and Jon Husted set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victories

Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican senator Jon Husted won their party’s nominations in Ohio’s primary elections on Tuesday. Composite: AP, UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Democratic senator Sherrod Brown and Republican senator Jon Husted won their party’s nominations in Ohio’s primary elections on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press – teeing them up for what is expected to be a high-profile and expensive Senate race in November’s midterm elections.

Husted ran unopposed, while Brown had a single opponent whom he handily outraised.