Race for Ohio Treasurer decides who invests the state’s billions and how
Democrat Seth Walsh wants the office to fight a stadium-funding lawsuit over unclaimed funds, while Republican Jay Edwards wants Ohio banks over Wall Street investors.
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‘Social Security is on the ballot’: Former Social Security chief warns Ohio retirees about Ramaswamy
Martin O’Malley brought Vivek Ramaswamy’s own record to Toledo, including his support for investing Social Security money in the stock market and his statement that privatization or partial privatization is a “reasonable conversation to have.”
Republican tells Ramaswamy to ‘park the damn jet’ after nearly $700K in campaign aircraft spending
Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign has spent nearly $700,000 leasing private aircraft, including for roughly 30-minute flights between Ohio cities. Now criticism of that spending is coming from inside his own party.
Gary Click booed after mischaracterizing Aaron Jones’ positions at Tiffin forum
Click accused Jones of backing men in women's sports and pediatric sex changes, positions Jones never stated and one already banned under Ohio law.
David Ziegler rejects data centers in Seneca County as Frankart sidesteps whether he supports them
Independent commissioner candidate David Ziegler said data centers do not belong in Seneca County, while Republican incumbent Bill Frankart stopped short of saying whether he supports or opposes bringing the massive facilities into the county.
Circuit court allows Ohio BMV to require proof of citizenship for voter registration
The 2-1 ruling comes days before Ohio's registration deadline, with a Biden-appointed dissenter warning the majority created a Catch-22 for voters.
Max Miller promised to protect taxpayers from ‘waste.’ Then taxpayers paid for an ad praising his work.
Twenty-two days after announcing plans to loan his reelection campaign $1 million, the Ohio Republican aired a taxpayer-funded radio ad featuring a constituent praising him by name. The ad ran just seven days before federal rules shut off such mass communications ahead of Election Day.
US Senate Republicans spotlight trans athletes issue as midterms approach
Durbin blasted the hearing as a distraction, citing NCAA data showing fewer than 10 of over 500,000 college athletes are transgender.
Wealthy interests in Ohio and America entrench power in the name of philanthropy, report says
The Lilly Endowment, boosted by Eli Lilly's GLP-1 profits, paid out just 3% in 2024 while an Ohio voting-rights group faced an FBI search.
Ohio GOP House candidate Mike Kahoe censured by his own school board
The Republican Ohio House candidate was publicly censured less than a year after winning his first elected office. Revere’s board said his conduct failed to meet the standards expected of a school board member.
Click, Jones, Frankart and Ziegler to face voter questions at Tiffin candidates forum
The Sept. 23 League of Women Voters forum will bring candidates for Ohio House District 88 and Seneca County commissioner together at Tiffin Middle School ahead of the November election.
Crypto super PAC drops $30M to keep Sherrod Brown out of Senate
Fairshake is launching at least $30 million in spending against the Ohio Democrat just days after the Senate blocked the crypto industry's top legislative priority.
Husted accepted $10,000 from Nazi SS reenactor before firing aide over Nazi social media posts
Iott's SS reenactments made national news in 2010, years before Husted's campaign accepted his donations, records show.
Trump administration faces second lawsuit to block ICE agents at polls
Nine groups including the NAACP and SEIU cite a federal law barring armed men at polls, as DHS denies any plan to target polling locations.
Black voters urged to cast a ballot in ‘most consequential election of our lifetime’
Redistricting after a Supreme Court ruling could cost up to 20 Congressional Black Caucus members their seats this fall, panelists warned.
Conservative group accuses 'vindictive' Gary Click of trying to sabotage Ramaswamy event
Five months after Click survived a brutal Republican primary by just 599 votes, a Seneca County-area conservative group is accusing him of carrying the feud into the general election.
Mike Dovilla backed Ohio data center tax breaks, collected thousands from industry lobbyists
Records show Dovilla backed three separate measures expanding the tax break before lobbyists for QTS Data Centers gave his campaign nearly $3,000.
Caleb Stidham admits voting for himself in closed-door nomination
Stidham denies the event was a GOP fundraiser even as LaRose confirms attending it the day before certifying him in a 2-2 tiebreaker.
Republican insiders describe growing strain inside Ramaswamy-McColley campaign
A source with direct knowledge of Rob McColley’s operation tells TiffinOhio.net the Ohio Senate president and Vivek Ramaswamy do not get along and that McColley has grown resentful after being shut out of strategy, messaging and key campaign decisions.
Seneca County Indivisible to host ‘Block Party for Democracy’ in downtown Tiffin Saturday
Organizers say the free event targets people who skip rallies or canvassers, pairing crafts and games with League of Women Voters registration help.
