House Republicans and the governor have each put forward separate plans to inject roughly $3 billion in additional funding into the state’s roads each year. Senate Democrats have not proposed a plan.

Brown, who lost his seat after nearly two decades to political newcomer Bernie Moreno in November, had been rumored as a potential gubernatorial candidate in 2026. Instead, he’ll challenge Husted, the state’s former lieutenant governor, for the last two years of Vance’s term.

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to disinter suspected serial killer Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing the field for—long-serving party leaders with whom voters are already familiar.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Democrat Sherrod Brown, the gravelly-voiced Democrat known for his rumpled suits and working-class values, is seeking a return to the Senate after losing his reelection bid last year.

While Republicans praised President Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senate Democrats largely panned the confab, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signaled a desire to impose stiff sanctions against Moscow if peace talks faltered.