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?

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…