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Ohio U.S. Senate special election polls

Name: Ohio U.S. Senate special election polls
Creator: Power & Politics

Every public poll of this race we are allowed to show, newest first, each linked to the pollster’s own release.

9 polls shown. Averages are as of Nov. 3, 2026.

Average of the polls

Sherrod Brown D48.0%4 polls
Jon Husted R46.0%4 polls

Sherrod Brown leads Jon Husted by 2.0 points in the average.

Average of the latest poll from each of 4 pollsters with interviews ending Oct. 5, 2026 to Nov. 3, 2026, weighted by recency and sample size. No pollster is adjusted for lean. How averages are computed

Which polls and what weight

Poll by	Interviews ended	Sample	Share of average
InsiderAdvantage	Oct. 30, 2026	1,200 lv	40.5%
Suffolk University Political Research Center	Oct. 26, 2026	500 lv	21.5%
Marist Poll	Oct. 18, 2026	1,176 lv	22.1%
Rasmussen Reports	Oct. 14, 2026	901 lv	15.9%

Polls left out of the average:

InsiderAdvantage, interviews ended Sept. 29, 2026: Its last interview day is more than 30 days before the date of the average.
Suffolk University Political Research Center, interviews ended Sept. 27, 2026: Its last interview day is more than 30 days before the date of the average.
Marist Poll, interviews ended Sept. 27, 2026: Its last interview day is more than 30 days before the date of the average.
Quantus Insights, interviews ended Sept. 23, 2026: Its last interview day is more than 30 days before the date of the average.
InsiderAdvantage, interviews ended Oct. 22, 2026: The same pollster has a later poll in the window.

Average over time

Sherrod Brown
Jon Husted

Lines show the average as of each date, using only polls with interviews ended by then. Dots are single polls. Dates start Oct. 6, 2026.

All polls, newest first

Poll	Interviews	Sample	Results	Release
Poll by InsiderAdvantage	Oct. 29–30, 2026Released Nov. 1, 2026	1,200 likely votersmargin of error ±2.83The release gives 1200 LV for the survey without a separate figure for each race.	Sherrod Brown 49% Jon Husted 47% Other 3% Undecided 1%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Mixed mode: text and online panel
Poll by Suffolk University Political Research Centerfor USA TODAY Network Ohio	Oct. 21–26, 2026Released Oct. 28, 2026	500 likely votersmargin of error ±4.4	Sherrod Brown D 47% Jon Husted R 44%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Live telephone interviews
Poll by InsiderAdvantage	Oct. 21–22, 2026Released Oct. 23, 2026	1,200 likely votersmargin of error ±2.83The release gives 1200 LV for the surveys without a separate figure for each state.	Brown 47% Husted 44%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Mixed mode: text and online panel
Poll by Marist Poll	Oct. 15–18, 2026Released Oct. 20, 2026	1,176 likely votersmargin of error ±4.5All 1,176 Ohio registered voters interviewed; the release does not give the likely-voter subsample size.	Brown D 48% Husted R 44%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Multi-mode: live phone, text and online
Poll by Rasmussen Reports	Oct. 12–14, 2026Released Oct. 19, 2026	901 likely votersmargin of error ±3	Husted R 49% Brown D 47% William B. Redpath L 1% Greg Levy I 1%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Telephone and online
Poll by InsiderAdvantage	Sept. 28–29, 2026Released Oct. 1, 2026	1,200 likely votersmargin of error ±2.83	Sherrod Brown D 44% Jon Husted R 43% William B. Redpath L 4% Greg Levy I 2%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Mixed mode: panel and text
Poll by Suffolk University Political Research Centerfor USA TODAY Network Ohio	Sept. 23–27, 2026Released Oct. 2, 2026	500 likely votersmargin of error ±4.4	Sherrod Brown D 47% Jon Husted R 44% William B. Redpath L 2% Greg Levy I 1%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Live telephone interviews
Poll by Marist Poll	Sept. 24–27, 2026Released Sept. 29, 2026	1,298 registered votersmargin of error ±3.8	Brown D 51% Husted R 43%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)Multi-mode: live phone, text and online
Poll by Quantus Insights	Sept. 21–23, 2026Released Sept. 24, 2026	695 likely votersmargin of error ±4.2695 likely voters of 719 completed interviews, excluding 24 who said they would not vote.	Sherrod Brown D 45.6% Jon Husted R 45.3% Greg Levy I 2% Bill Redpath L 1.1%	Pollster’s release (opens the pollster’s own page)SMS invitations to voter-file records

Ratings from other outlets DATA

Outlet	Rating	As of	Source
Inside Elections	Tilt Democrat	Oct. 29, 2026	Source (opens Inside Elections’s own page)
Split Ticket	Lean D	Sept. 24, 2026	Source (opens Split Ticket’s own page)

Tally: 2 Lean D. A count of these outlets’ published ratings, not our rating.

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