Barack Obama: “I want to thank Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid for their leadership and their dedication during this process.”

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.

This race is going to be close. It could determine which party controls the Senate and whether Ohioans can count on the people in Washington to be fighting for you.

Please join me in supporting Sherrod Brown. He’ll always fight for Ohio.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable