Unfortunately, Brown. Mandel sucks, and it's unbelievable that in a state Trump won by nearly 10 points, the best we can do for a challenge against an extremely liberal senator is a retread who got blown out in 2012.
Oh, you can. The better candidates are just running for Governor since that's easier. Honestly, the more interesting question is, who will be the Strickland of 2018? Portman was a stone wall, who Democrats had no hope of taking down, but Strickland
looked like a great candidate at the outset. It then became clear Portman was still the same juggernaut as always.