Democrats hope to take both chambers from Republicans in an election that is largely a referendum on President Donald Trump’s policies.
\n\nIn the pivotal state of Ohio, a sampling of voters who cast ballots for Democrats told NBC News that pocketbook issues were first and foremost on their minds when they went to the polls.
\n\n"Cost of inflation, cost of just everyday, you know, goods, groceries, things like that," said Dominic Papa, who voted for Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. "They're too high."
\n\nPapa said he considered voting for Republican incumbent Sen. John Husted but was turned off by his strong support for building AI data centers.
\n\n"I’m paying roughly 40 percent more now for electric, and that’s because of what he did with the data centers in Ohio," Papa said.
\n\nVoter Heather Wagner said affordability was also a big issue for her and that's why she "went straight Democrat."
\n\nWagner said that when she looked at what the Republicans were campaigning on, there was "nothing with the Republicans I liked."
\n\nAnother Ohio voter, Karen Lynch, said she too supports Brown and also cast her vote for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton.
\n\nLike Papa and Wagner, Lynch said she's had…
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