Democrat Sherrod Brown says US Senate departure won't be the last Ohioans hear from him
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown made clear during a farewell speech Tuesday that he does not...
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The GOP stoked fears of noncitizens voting. Cases in Ohio show how rhetoric and reality diverge
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Before the November presidential election, Ohio's secretary of state and attorney general announced investigations into potential...
Ohio Supreme Court sides with pharmacies in appeal of $650 million opioid judgment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's product liability law prohibits counties from bringing...
Trump-backed Derek Merrin concedes to Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Her Trump-endorsed Republican rival said Friday that he had called Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur to...
JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That's set off a scramble for his Ohio seat
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- JD Vance's election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio's U.S. Senate seats for...
Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur extends tenure as longest-serving woman in US House with election win
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur won another term in the U.S. House on Wednesday, after defeating...
Republican Jason Stephens, who oversaw historically divided Ohio House, drops bid for speaker
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Jason Stephens, who has presided for the past two years over one of the most...
Ohio Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes wins reelection as Rep. Kaptur's race remains too early to call
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes won reelection to a second term representing a northeast Ohio district targeted...
Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes wins reelection as Rep. Marcy Kaptur's race remains too early to call
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes won reelection to a second term representing a northeast Ohio district targeted...
Democrat wins key US House seat in Ohio while 2 other incumbents defend their seats
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Democrats won a key congressional seat and were defending two others in tight races in Ohio.
Trump-backed Republican Bernie Moreno defeats incumbent US Sen. Sherrod Brown in key Ohio race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republicans prevailed Tuesday in a must-win Senate race in Ohio, as Trump-backed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno...
Ohio voters reject replacing troubled mapmaking system with citizen-led redistricting commission
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have established a citizen-led redistricting commission to...
Democrats in Ohio defending 3 key seats in fight for control of US House
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Democrats are defending three key congressional seats in Ohio on Tuesday, with control of the chamber...
3-term Democrat Sherrod Brown tries to hold key US Senate seat in expensive race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio faces perhaps the toughest reelection challenge of his...
Ohio set to decide constitutional amendment establishing a citizen-led redistricting commission
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio voters will decide Tuesday whether they want to set up a citizen-led redistricting commission to...
Ohio's first female House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson remembered as a trailblazer and legend
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker, was remembered during a...
Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker, lies in state at Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The governor and other present and past elected officials paid their respects to the late Jo...
Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker, to lie in state at Statehouse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first and only female House speaker and a force in...
Ohio Supreme Court finds attorney general erred in rejecting voting amendment based on title
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court delivered a blow to Republican Attorney General Dave Yost on Wednesday, ruling...
Ohio's first female House speaker, Republican Jo Ann Davidson, champion of GOP women, has died at 97
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first woman House speaker and an advocate for putting effective Republican women...
Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of Republican family, backs Democrat Sherrod Brown for Senate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, scion of one of the state's best-known Republican families, threw his...
Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An off-the-cuff comment about reproductive rights by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio's tight Senate race has...
Disputes over access to the vote intensify as Ohioans begin to cast ballots
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Several disputes over voter rights in Ohio were unresolved Tuesday as the state began accepting early...
Pro-Palestinian protesters pitch encampment outside Jewish Democrat's Ohio home
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday's anniversary...
Anti-Israel protesters pitch encampment outside Jewish Democrat's Ohio home
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Masked anti-Israel demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday's anniversary...
Anti-Israel protesters set up encampment outside home of Jewish congressman in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Masked anti-Israel demonstrators escalated their harassment of a Jewish congressman on the eve of Monday's anniversary...
Trump is returning to the site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for a rally with Vance and Musk
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump plans to return Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to...
Trump returns to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for huge rally with Vance and Musk
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump plans to return Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to...
Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in alleged violations of federal law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Voter advocacy organizations have put Ohio's Republican elections chief on notice that voters are being systematically...
Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in apparent violation of federal law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Voter advocacy organizations have put Ohio's Republican elections chief on notice that voters are being systematically...
Vance exuded calm during a tense debate stage moment. Can he keep it up when he faces Walz?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- When two of his Republican rivals for an Ohio Senate seat nearly came to blows on...
Democrats challenge Ohio order preventing drop-box use for those helping voters with disabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Democratic Party and two affected voters sued the state's Republican elections chief on Friday...
Ohio's fall redistricting issue sparked a fight over one word. So what is 'gerrymandering,' anyway?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1, a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the...
Groups work to engage young voters in democracy as election processes come under scrutiny
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Clouds of bubbles streamed aloft and Charli xcx's song "talk talk" boomed alongside a 19-foot Airstream...
Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio, filed criminal charges Tuesday...
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio -- out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians...
Ohio Supreme Court clears ballot language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court let stand late Monday ballot language that will describe this fall's Issue...
Ohio lawsuit seeks rewrite of redistricting ballot language dubbed 'biased, inaccurate, deceptive'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of...
Backers of Ohio redistricting measure vow lawsuit over ballot language they call 'deceitful'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Backers of a fall redistricting amendment in Ohio vowed swift legal action Friday, after the state...
Groups opposed to gerrymandering criticize proposed language on Ohio redistricting measure
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Civil rights groups across Ohio are decrying the state elections chief's proposed ballot language for a...
Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Bernie Moreno faults rival for distancing himself from Harris
LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Bernie Moreno blasted Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown as he followed his campaign bus on...
GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he will work to defeat a fall ballot...
What's in a name? Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has had many of them
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- When it comes to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance's name, it's complicated.
What's in a name? GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance has had many of them
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- When it comes to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance's name, it's complicated.
Proposal to create a new political mapmaking system in Ohio qualifies for November ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A proposal to change Ohio's troubled political mapmaking system has qualified for November's statewide ballot, the...
Who is JD Vance? Things to know about Donald Trump's pick for vice president
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump on Monday chose U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to be his...
Conservative groups are pushing to clean voter rolls. Others see an effort to sow election distrust
Conservative groups are systematically attempting to challenge the legitimacy of large numbers of voter registrations across the country before the...
The GOP platform calls for 'universal school choice.' What would that mean for students?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- National Republicans are poised to support "universal school choice" as part of the policy platform they...
Campaign to get new political mapmaking system on Ohio's ballot submits more than 700,000 signatures
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Backers of a proposal to change Ohio's troubled political mapmaking system delivered hundreds of thousands of...
Republican JD Vance journeys from 'Hillbilly Elegy' memoirist to US senator to VP contender
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- It was March 2022 and Senate candidate JD Vance was standing under hot lights in a...
Lawsuit challenges Ohio law banning foreign nationals from donating to ballot campaigns
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A new law banning foreign nationals and green card holders from contributing to state ballot campaigns...
A closer-than-expected Ohio congressional race surprises Republicans and encourages Democrats
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A political newcomer's closer-than-expected finish in Tuesday's special congressional election in Ohio surprised Republicans and jolted...
Rulli's win in Ohio will grow GOP's razor-thin majority in the US House
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli won a special election Tuesday in eastern Ohio for a U.S...
Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli wins US House seat in Ohio vacated by GOP's Bill Johnson
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli won a special election Tuesday in eastern Ohio for the U.S...
Eastern Ohio voters are deciding who will fill a congressional seat left vacant for months
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Voters in Ohio's sprawling 6th District along the Ohio River will decide Tuesday who will fill...
Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio...
Special session for ensuring President Biden makes Ohio's fall ballot could take several days
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The rare special session that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has called to pass legislation ensuring President...