Sherrod Brown, Land's End model

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown looked more like the Marlboro Man than Ohio’s new junior senator today, when he sported a tan sheepskin coat on stage at Gov. Ted Strickland’s inaugural ceremony.

Almost everyone else -- except for the governor’s wife, Frances Strickland, who was dressed in red -- wore dark topcoats.

Enquirer photographer Michael Keating writes: Newly minted US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and his wife, Connie Schultz, recognize a familiar face in the crowd. Ted Strickland was sworn in on the Ohio State House steps in Columbus as the state's 68th governor. Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer administered the oath of office while Strickland's wife Frances looked on.