Ramaswamy heckled off stage by young conservatives in his hometown as GOP doubts pile up
The libertarian crowd that heckled him fits the exact voter base he's courted for years, as new polls show Acton tied or ahead statewide.
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Claims Jon Husted protected sexual abusers date back more than 20 years
Husted also backed a 2004 tort reform law capping noneconomic damages for sexual abuse survivors at $250,000, costing victims millions, records show.
Challenger to incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justice touts ‘originalism,’ strict immigration rulings
O'Donnell says she never granted asylum in her Laredo court, as she seeks to help Republicans complete a 7-0 sweep of Ohio's high court.
Ramaswamy blamed American culture for foreign hiring. Now he wants Ohio to expand subsidies to biggest H-1B sponsors
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Google topped H-1B approvals in 2025 while collecting Ohio tax breaks Ramaswamy's incentive boards would keep extending.
Moreno's daughter asks judge to bar Rep. Max Miller from contacting her lawyers, alleging he put his hands on one of them
The filing comes as Miller's own domestic violence petition against Moreno just collapsed and Republicans face an Aug. 5 ballot replacement deadline.
Gary Click's last term is on the ballot. His own party nearly took it from him first.
A GOP primary rival won't endorse him, a councilman disputes a campaign claim, and Click's own down-ticket picks all lost their races.
Jon Husted spent 6 years courting data centers. Now he tells Ohioans facing higher bills: 'We are the problem.'
Husted's remark comes as Ohio's data center tax break cost $1.6 billion in 2025 and AEP Ohio disconnections hit 15%, four times FirstEnergy's rate.
Sherrod Brown comfortably outraises Jon Husted as outside groups enter Ohio’s U.S. Senate race
Outside groups have committed over $174 million so far, with a dark money nonprofit and Jane Street traders among the biggest donors on both sides.
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.
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.
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.
Cincinnati-area Republican’s abrupt exit from Ohio House race leaves GOP scrambling
Elizabeth Maier said she decided to end her campaign after a conversation with one of her kids. She is the second Republican to end their campaign for a competitive suburban Ohio House district this month.
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.
