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The mystery of Fred Ode

Can a late-blooming entrepreneur who claims he has more money than he deserves shock the political world and topple Sherrod Brown?

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D.J. Byrnes
Sep 29, 2025
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Fred Ode is running against Sherrod Brown for the Democratic nomination to the United States Senate.

I drove a rented automobile to Strongsville a couple of weeks ago to talk to business tycoon and nascent Democratic Senate candidate Fred Ode.

The 75-year-old is a self-described late bloomer who made “more money than [he] deserves” in the software industr…

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