Sherrod Brown, the former Ohio senator, and his wife, Connie Schultz, will soon leave Cleveland.
Schultz, a columnist and teacher, announced on her Substack page that she and her husband are relocating to the Columbus suburb of Bexley. She explained that it is to be closer to their grandchildren.
“We are a public couple who have lived much of our lives openly, so there will be the usual political speculation about why we are willing to make this move.
I’d like to get ahead of that nonsense, if only briefly,” Schultz wrote. “Five of our eight grandchildren reside in Columbus. If we live there, we will see them more frequently, and they will spend more time with their visiting cousins. We adore our grandchildren and want to be a larger part of their lives.”
Senator Brown lost his bid for a fourth term in the United States Senate to Republican Bernie Moreno.
He made it clear when he left office in December that he intends to remain in politics.
UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 01: Congressman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and his wife, Connie Schultz, who is a Pulitzer Prize winner with the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, were in town for the weekend. (Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)TOLEDO, OH – OCTOBER 19: U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D – Ohio) leaves with his wife, Connie Shultz, after shaking hands with supporters before a debate against U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R – Ohio) on October 19, 2006, at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, Ohio. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 03: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) kisses his wife Connie Schultz during a mock swearing in ceremony with Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill on January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)CLEVELAND, OH – NOVEMBER 7: Ohio Democratic Senator-elect Sherrod Brown (L) gives his victory speech with his wife Connie Schultz (R) and his family, friends and staff at the Public Auditorium in the Convention Center on November 7, 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio. Brown defeated incumbent Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) in the heated election in the state of Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Rose/Getty Images)US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and his wife Connie Schultz (L) take a tour of the University of Northern Iowa’s TechWorks campus during a campaign stop on February 1, 2019 in Waterloo, Iowa. – Even as bitter cold ravages several US states, the 2020 presidential race is heating up in Iowa, where Democrats both renowned and unfamiliar are seizing early opportunities to engage critically important American voters. One full year before the first-in-the-nation voting contest for nominating who will take on incumbent Donald Trump, White House aspirants braved dangerously frigid temperatures this week to make their presidential pitch on hallowed political ground. (Photo by Joshua Lott / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSHUA LOTT/AFP via Getty Images)CLEVELAND – NOVEMBER 7: Ohio Democratic candidate for United States Senate Sherrod Brown (R) and his wife Connie Schultz react to the news that CBS declared Brown the winner in his suite in the Crowne Plaza Hotel on November 7, 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio. If elected Brown would take the senate seat from two-term Republican Mike DeWine. (Photo by Jamie Rose/Getty Images)
“Sherrod and I felt it was time for a change. We, like so many of you, are banding together to tackle the challenges ahead. “This move will anchor us,” Schultz stated.
The move will also shorten Schultz’s commute to Denison University, where she teaches journalism.
“This is a significant move for me. I have spent almost my entire life in northeastern Ohio, the majority of it in the Cleveland area. It is the city that launched my journalism career, and the one I have insisted on calling home through every major change in my life, which has been numerous,” wrote Schultz. “Cleveland will always be the pulse of my heart.”
While Brown has yet to announce his next move, staying in Columbus could be advantageous if he decides to run for governor in 2026.
