Jon Husted

A new AARP poll shows the Ohio Senate race between Sherrod Brown and Jon Husted is a statistical tie.

Brown leads Husted 48% to 45%, which is within the poll's 3.5% margin of error.

The survey indicates a significant age and gender gap, with younger voters and women favoring Brown.

The Ohio Senate race between Sherrod Brown and Sen. Jon Husted is a statistical tie, a new poll shows.

The AARP voter survey, released Thursday, June 25, shows Brown, a Democrat former senator, with a narrow lead over his Republican opponent, 48% to 45% with a 3.5% margin of error. The poll finds 7% of voters are undecided. Earlier this month, Brown came out ahead in a Fox News poll, leading Husted 53% to 45%.

Brown was one of Ohio's senators from 2007 to 2025, losing his reelection bid in 2024 to Republican Bernie Moreno. Husted was appointed a U.S. senator in January 2025, filling a vacancy left by Vice President JD Vance when President Donald Trump was elected.

Here's a look at what the AARP poll showed.

AARP poll: Older men back Husted, younger voters and women favor Brown

According to the AARP survey, there is a large difference in the senate race based on age. Voters age 50 and older prefer Husted by 8 points, while voters under 50 back Brown by 22 points. The poll also cites a gender gap, with women putting Brown ahead but older men helping keep Husted close.

Brown also has a 26-point lead with Independents as well as a better consolidated party base than Husted, which the poll states has helped him overcome the GOP lean in Ohio.

Also, Brown's image is viewed favorably among likely Ohio voters, by a 46% to 38% margin. The poll found Husted underwater, at 31% to 37%. Brown's image is similar between voters over and under age 50. Husted's image, however, is mixed among older voters and negative with younger ones.

How the AARP poll was conducted