Backlash builds over Ramaswamy's 'embarrassing' speech to Ohio young conservatives
Acton called Ramaswamy an out-of-touch billionaire as the same crowd's data center complaints echo the moratorium Tiffin's council passed in April.
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Ohio firefighters say Amy Acton will 'always have our backs' in governor endorsement
The endorsement ties Acton to the 2011 fight over Senate Bill 5, which Ramaswamy's own strategist and spokeswoman once defended against firefighters and other public workers.
"Vivek is a terrible candidate." Steve Bannon says Trump's Ohio pick is dragging Husted down with him
Bannon told supporters in June to abandon Ohio entirely, and cites a near 20% primary protest vote as proof Ramaswamy is weak within his own party.
‘Bases loaded’: Ohio Democrats embrace rare optimism at fundraising gala
Amy Acton, Sherrod Brown and other Democrats sounded optimistic notes ahead of the November election. The event also features Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and potential 2028 presidential contender.
Ohio Republican congressman released audio denying drug use after wife said she found needles by his bed
Transcripts show Miller's account shifted between denying any needles existed and denying he placed one there, while a key claim in his lawyers' summary doesn't match the recording.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner: November election is litmus test for democracy
Brunner is suing to remove her own party label from the ballot, arguing partisan tags on judicial races violate judicial conduct rules and the First Amendment.
Vivek Ramaswamy touts endorsement from GOP congressman accused of holding gun to ex-wife’s head, injuring toddler
Bernie Moreno, Miller's own former father-in-law, says the congressman is dangerous, yet both remain listed on Ramaswamy's endorsement page.
Max Miller vows to stay in race. His former father-in-law says he fears for his daughter and granddaughter.
Moreno's statement reverses months of public silence and directly contradicts the account Miller gave in his own 20-minute livestream hours earlier.
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.
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.
