Brown crowd swells

In the past 30 minutes more than 500 people have descended on the Public Auditorium in Cleveland awaiting their candidate, Sherrod Brown, to show.

The crowd is boisterous and beside themselves celebrating the good news for Ohio Democrats being televised via closed circuit from Columbus.

Two Cincinnatians have been found in the crowd.

Steve Wessel, 20, of Milford is in Cleveland because "I wanted to see our next senator." It's exciting, said Wessel, and the crowd clearly agreed with him. Wessel did some phone-banking for Brown over the past few days.

Laura Janneck, 23, of Oakley said she is here because she's "an enthusiastic Democrat" who believes Brown is a great leader. She spent several hours volunteering for the "Vote No on 4 and Yes on 5" campaign. "It's so great to see so many Democrats in one place," Janneck said.