Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose launches a bid for the U.S. Senate on Monday, describing himself as a “battle-tested” conservative who represents the Republican Party’s best chance to unseat third-term Democrat Sherrod Brown next year and win back the closely divided chamber. In his second term as Ohio’s election’s chief, one of the state’s highest-profile jobs, LaRose kicked off his campaign with stops in Cleveland, Toledo, Lima, Dayton and Cincinnati.