Ohio Democrats outraised Republicans in home stretch of key U.S. House races
Rep. Max Miller self-funded $1 million after abuse allegations yet still trails his challenger in cash on hand, the only incumbent in that position statewide.
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DeWine refuses to campaign with Ramaswamy, won't include him among GOP's ‘really good people’
Ohio's Republican governor is keeping his endorsement of Vivek Ramaswamy but refusing to campaign alongside him, after condemning his attack on Democrat Amy Acton and publicly defending her honesty.
Ramaswamy pushed Acton attack ad despite warnings from his own campaign, reporters say
Two accounts place the decision on Ramaswamy himself. A pre-release survey explicitly examined Amy Acton's childhood sexual abuse, and his campaign has since removed disputed claims from the $4 million attack.
Elected Seneca County Republican official says Gary Click 'doesn't work for the people'
Cary Theis, who defeated a county elections board member in the Republican primary, criticized the incumbent state representative beneath a Coalition of Patriots post accusing Click of trying to undermine its Vivek Ramaswamy event.
Frankart boasts about landfill deposition where he admitted making false claims
An October 24 questionnaire omits what the May deposition actually revealed: Frankart admitted under oath to false claims he never corrected.
Bob Latta voted against giving child sex abuse survivors a second chance to sue
In 2006, Latta helped defeat legislation that would have allowed survivors to pursue decades-old sexual abuse claims. Twenty years later, Ohio lawmakers are trying again.
Jon Husted pulls in over $837,000 of AIPAC cash, while Sherrod Brown hasn't taken any
New federal records show another $289,118.93 in AIPAC-linked contributions to Husted in three months. His opponent received no money from AIPAC PAC or earmarked through its fundraising operation.
DeWine demands Ramaswamy pull $4 million attack on Acton, defends her honesty — but keeps endorsement
Ohio's Republican governor says the ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother is wrong and should come down. He defended Acton's truthfulness from their years working together but refused to withdraw his support for Ramaswamy.
Merrin took $10,500 tied to data center financiers, including Blackstone CEO behind $10 billion Ohio project
New federal campaign records show $7,000 from Blackstone chief Stephen Schwarzman and his wife, plus $3,500 attributed to an AI infrastructure investor, as the Republican candidate disputes criticism of his data center record.
Ramaswamy has business ties to China’s Communist Party
CITICPE, which backed two Ramaswamy-founded biotech firms, kept ties to a CEO whose father reportedly helped censor Uyghur genocide coverage online.
Ramaswamy campaigns on election integrity after his presidential campaign submitted forged signatures of dead voters
Rhode Island election officials found deceased voters’ names on petitions collected for Ramaswamy in 2024. An Ohio woman involved had 17 forgery convictions, and his campaign acknowledged deliberate forgery by a contractor’s worker.
Trump set to campaign in tight US Senate contests in Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Michigan
Trump's Chillicothe stop comes as polls show his approval at 32-36% and forecasters shift Senate races toward Democrats with early voting already topping 16 million.
Vice President JD Vance of Ohio backs Vivek Ramaswamy amid attack ad blowback
Vance made an unverified claim that ads call Ramaswamy a murderer, as the campaign spends $4 million on an ad featuring Acton's estranged mother.
Ohio groups take measures to protect voting during November midterm election
Common Cause Ohio and the NAACP are deploying monitors, lawyers and hotlines after Trump floated sending federal agents to polling places this year.
Husted championed Ohio’s data center boom — and defended the billions in tax breaks that fueled it
Newly surfaced recordings capture Jon Husted praising data centers as a pipeline of jobs and economic growth. His years of support for the industry and its tax incentives preceded a $1.6 billion annual tax-break bill for Ohio and mounting concerns about electricity prices.
Ramaswamy confirms campaign produced attack ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, launches $4 million blitz
Ramaswamy's campaign confirmed producing the video featuring Amy Acton's mother, who stood by the man charged with raping her daughter at age 12. The campaign is spending millions to promote it despite newly reported court records and condemnation from prominent Republicans.
Gary Click calls Acton’s estranged mother ‘caring’ after she stood by man charged with raping her daughter
The former Fremont pastor, himself investigated last year over separate child sex abuse allegations that police closed without charges, defended the mother attacking Amy Acton’s childhood history. When confronted with the rape case against her husband, Click accused a journalist of a “bait and switch.”
Amy Acton’s mother defended husband accused of raping her daughter at 12. Now she’s in a pro-Ramaswamy attack ad.
Acton’s brother is speaking out after their estranged mother appeared in a political attack accusing his sister of lying about her childhood. He says their mother remained married to the man who sexually abused Acton even after both children were removed from their custody.
Outside groups pour hundreds of millions into Ohio races for governor, U.S. Senate
Republican-aligned super PACs outspend Democrats roughly 2.5 to 1 in the governor's race, while Ohio's Senate contest tops $422 million, AdImpact reports.
Vivek Ramaswamy appears to have violated New York state bar registration rules
Ohio's Republican nominee for governor reportedly listed a West Chester address as his home in a July 2026 New York attorney filing, five years after moving to Columbus and registering to vote there. The conflicting addresses raise potential violations of New York attorney-registration requirements or Ohio voter-residency laws.
