Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown loses police endorsement for the first time in 12 years

COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the first time since his Senate career began, Democrat Sherrod Brown has failed to earn the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police’s official endorsement for re-election.  That was back in 2006, when the police union went with then-Senator and now-Governor Mike DeWine, who lost his seat in an upset from Brown. Since then, Brown has won the support of Ohio’s men in blue, deftly navigating the blue dog politics of an ever-reddening state. But not this year. “It came down to a tweet,” said Mike Weinman, Ohio FOP spokesman and a retired officer who was paralyzed in the…

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