Incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, is narrowly trailing his Republican challenger Bernie Moreno, according to new polling released on Sunday. Former President Donald Trump, the GOP's presidential nominee,

Moreno is challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in what's considered a must-win race for both parties

For the first time, a poll finds Republican Bernie Moreno running ahead of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. Activote.net’s poll of 400 likely voters showed the GOP challenger ahead of the Democratic incumbent by 2.

The challenge to overcome in Ohio's Senate race is the state's political demographics. Ohio has trended more Republican over the last decade, voting for Trump by an 8-point margin in the previous two presidential elections. Since 2013, Democrats have only notched one state-wide victory in Ohio: Brown's last reelection campaign in 2018.