After bitter defeats last year, Ohio Democrats are biding time as GOP moves full swing into 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The first television ads dropped this week in the Ohio governor's race that's still more than...
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JD Vance gets his long-awaited moment to admonish Ukraine's Zelenskyy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President JD Vance was dismissing Ukraine long before he upended an Oval Office meeting Friday...
Trump's early backing of Ramaswamy for Ohio governor seen by some as meant to avoid a nasty primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The sun hadn't set on Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's gubernatorial campaign launch in Ohio earlier this week...
Republican Heather Hill, Appalachian entrepreneur, is inspired by tragedies to run for Ohio governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Thoughts of her two foster children shot and killed by police still wake Heather Hill from...
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy joins the Ohio governor's race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Vivek Ramaswamy, the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur who departed the Department of Government Efficiency initiative on President...
Millionaire Vivek Ramaswamy joins the Ohio governor's race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Vivek Ramaswamy, the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur who departed the Department of Government Efficiency initiative on President...
Millionaire Vivek Ramaswamy set to join the Ohio governor's race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Vivek Ramaswamy, the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur who departed the Department of Government Efficiency initiative on President...
Veteran state lawmaker Kristina Roegner launches 2026 bid for Ohio treasurer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Ohio Sen. Kristina Roegner, a veteran state lawmaker with fiscal oversight experience and a background...
Amid 'new dynamic,' former state Sen. Niraj Antani drops one statewide campaign, launches another
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Republican state Sen. Niraj Antani is suspending his 2026 campaign for Ohio secretary of state...
Former Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel confirmed as Ohio's lieutenant governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel was confirmed Wednesday as Ohio's next lieutenant governor.
Ohio elections chief Frank LaRose will run for state auditor in 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has decided to launch a bid for state auditor in...
Callers swamp Senate offices in Trump's first weeks, leading to busy signals and full voicemail
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices as...
With Ramaswamy run expected, Ohio treasurer drops bid for governor to run for secretary of state
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's expected run for Ohio governor continued to reshape the 2026 election on Wednesday...
Callers swamp Senate offices in Trump's first weeks, only to get busy signals and full voicemail
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices as...
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost launches 2026 bid for governor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that he is running to be the next governor...
A mad scramble for JD Vance's seat in the Senate is to end with the governor's announcement Friday
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Republican Gov. Mike DeWine plans to announce his choice to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in...
JD Vance's Ohio hometown struggles with how to recognize the incoming vice president
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) -- It was a month after her son's election as vice president of the United States and...
Vice President-elect JD Vance resigns from the Senate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President-elect JD Vance is resigning from his seat in the U.S. Senate, effective Friday.
Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments in watchdog group's records dispute with state attorney general
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a long-running public records case pitting the...
Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio's early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the...
Ohio governor vetoes medical free speech clause he says would gut state's regulatory power
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed part of a bill late Thursday that state lawmakers cast as...
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...
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...