David Ziegler announces independent run for Seneca County commissioner
Frankart won a 53-vote primary margin amid deposition testimony and a health-district dispute over Seneca Poultry oversight that Ziegler's campaign doesn't directly mention.
Election 2026
Acton would back a data center moratorium unless 6 conditions are met. Ramaswamy says Ohio needs more of them, not fewer.
Ramaswamy wants to sort good data center projects from bad ones and keep building, while Acton would bar new facilities that miss any of six conditions.
Jon Husted defended Google's $43.5 million Ohio tax break. Now he's taken $69,750 from data center and utility interests.
The donations from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle and AEP are a small share of Husted's $14.35 million haul but fuel Brown's ad attacking his tax-break record.
Flood of poll watchers, observers, monitors to descend on midterm voters
Both parties are expanding poll-watching programs for 2026, while election officials in Ohio and Florida testify they've seen no partisan interference so far.
Ohio governor candidate suggested consolidating universities. Economists think it’s a bad idea.
Facing backlash, Ramaswamy has softened his March proposal as a Scioto Analysis survey found economists split on savings but united that fewer degrees would result.
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Tiffin councilman says Gary Click falsely portrayed him as a supporter
Roessner says he only wore a campaign-supplied shirt at a 250th celebration and never endorsed Click, whose post has stood unedited for three weeks.
Jill Simpson leaving United Way of Sandusky County to run for county commissioner against Justin Smith
Smith reached the commissioner post through a party committee vote, not an election, seven years after resigning a court job amid a reprimand over personal calls.
Jon Husted votes against Iran withdrawal measure a day after telling CNN he wants the war to end
The 47-49 vote split Ohio's delegation, with Rep. Warren Davidson breaking from fellow Republicans to back withdrawal in the House hours earlier.
Ramaswamy blamed American 'mediocrity' for tech firms hiring foreigners. His own company filed 29 H-1B visas.
Federal records show Roivant, the company Ramaswamy founded, had 29 H-1B visas approved from 2018 to 2023, even as he calls the program badly broken.
Eric Watson will 'never' endorse Gary Click, says he is moving out of House District 88
Watson says a post-primary meeting with Click left him unconvinced on data centers and digital ID, as he relocates to Wayne County ahead of Click's Nov. 3 race against Democrat Aaron Jones.
Walsh: Jay Edwards kept FirstEnergy’s money, stood by Larry Householder and now wants to manage Ohio’s billions
Democrat Seth Walsh's new attack series cites FBI records identifying Edwards as Representative 8 and his 2021 vote against expelling Householder from the House.
Fact-check: Ramaswamy's billionaire-funded super PAC is back on air weaponizing Acton's childhood sexual abuse
The ad returns days after Cook Political Report shifted the race to Toss Up, and five out-of-state billionaires have given V-PAC $37 million.
Brennan Center report predicts mass voter challenges likely in midterm elections
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has threatened to prosecute election officials in four states over unverified noncitizen voter claims ahead of November.
Number of women seeking a governor’s seat hits an all-time high
Rutgers researchers note women still make up just 25% of gubernatorial candidates, even as Blackburn, Klobuchar and Haaland eye historic firsts.
Elon Musk, other billionaires put $12 million behind pro-Ramaswamy super PAC in Ohio governor race
Four billionaires now account for 98% of V-PAC's second-quarter haul, giving Ramaswamy a cash edge Acton lacks despite narrowly outraising him directly.
Fact-check: Ramaswamy claims he never pushed to close Ohio colleges — his own video proves otherwise
Gov. DeWine, Sen. Cirino and two university presidents publicly rejected the consolidation idea before Ramaswamy attempted to walk it back at a Strongsville town hall.
'He quit on President Trump and DOGE on day one': Yost's attack line is still following Ramaswamy in the governor's race
Politico cites anonymous sources saying Musk pushed him out of DOGE, but Ramaswamy insists on the record that the exit was his own choice.
During bid for governor, Ramaswamy has spent nearly 40% of his time outside of Ohio
According to a new report, the multibillionaire has spent 79 days away from Ohio this year — including 14 international travel legs — as he faces off against Democrat Amy Acton.
Ramaswamy calls Acton's COVID death-rate claim 'spewing lies.' The hospital data from 2020 backs her up.
The dispute hinges on which patients the numbers describe, ICU or all hospitalized cases, and CDC data plus multiple 2020 studies back both figures Acton cited.
Scotts Miracle-Gro, guilty of federal pesticide crimes in 2012, gives $250K to the super PAC backing Ramaswamy
Whoever wins in November will appoint Ohio's next EPA director, giving Scotts a stake in the race despite its 2012 pesticide conviction.
