Sherrod Brown does 'rumpled serious guy' pretty well. Sherrod Brown, the senior US Senator from Ohio, is one of our favorite senators (one sign of a dangerous addiction to politics is saying that you have "favorite senators," but at least Yr Wonkette provides a good support group for the affliction). Brown is seeking his third term in the Senate, and he's shown up on some lists of potentially endangered Democratic senators for 2018, since Ohio went for Donald Trump by 8 points in 2016. We know we keep saying this, but if Dems want a shot at taking the Senate back this fall, they'll absolutely have to protect their incumbents, especially in states Trump won. With his pro-labor bona fides and solid progressive record, we're betting Brown will be able to do just that -- not that Democrats can afford to be complacent, of course.