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Ohio groups take measures to protect voting during November midterm election
Common Cause Ohio and the NAACP are deploying monitors, lawyers and hotlines after Trump floated sending federal agents to polling places this year.
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Husted championed Ohio’s data center boom — and defended the billions in tax breaks that fueled it
Newly surfaced recordings capture Jon Husted praising data centers as a pipeline of jobs and economic growth. His years of support for the industry and its tax incentives preceded a $1.6 billion annual tax-break bill for Ohio and mounting concerns about electricity prices.
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Ramaswamy confirms campaign produced attack ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, launches $4 million blitz
Ramaswamy's campaign confirmed producing the video featuring Amy Acton's mother, who stood by the man charged with raping her daughter at age 12. The campaign is spending millions to promote it despite newly reported court records and condemnation from prominent Republicans.
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The slime machine in Ohio politics has reached a despicable new low in the 2026 election
AdImpact projects three-quarters of a billion dollars in Ohio campaign ads this cycle, a columnist argues dark money reaps far more through regulatory favors.
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Amy Acton’s mother defended husband accused of raping her daughter at 12. Now she’s in a pro-Ramaswamy attack ad.
Acton’s brother is speaking out after their estranged mother appeared in a political attack accusing his sister of lying about her childhood. He says their mother remained married to the man who sexually abused Acton even after both children were removed from their custody.
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Outside groups pour hundreds of millions into Ohio races for governor, U.S. Senate
Republican-aligned super PACs outspend Democrats roughly 2.5 to 1 in the governor's race, while Ohio's Senate contest tops $422 million, AdImpact reports.
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Vivek Ramaswamy appears to have violated New York state bar registration rules
Ohio's Republican nominee for governor reportedly listed a West Chester address as his home in a July 2026 New York attorney filing, five years after moving to Columbus and registering to vote there. The conflicting addresses raise potential violations of New York attorney-registration requirements or Ohio voter-residency laws.
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GOP-linked super PAC spends $1.58 million boosting socialist, attacking Sherrod Brown
A newly formed political committee reported another $753,000 in advertising spending as it promotes an Ohio Senate candidate who says its campaign materials falsely impersonate him. The money trail leads to Republican consultants tied to Trump and Bernie Moreno.
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Husted responds to woman beaten by Trump supporters: ‘There are consequences’ for protesting
Ohio's Republican senator responded to the beating of a woman at a Trump rally held to support his campaign by warning about the consequences of political protest. Five weeks earlier, he declared that political violence "must never be tolerated."
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Ramaswamy’s companies used H-1B visas 88 times. Now executives tied to foreign-worker firms are funding his Ohio campaign.
Campaign filings show an Infinite Computer Solutions executive gave nearly $12,000, while Yass and Musk poured $35 million into a pro-Ramaswamy super PAC.
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Ramaswamy-linked drug crashes wiped millions from public pension investments, including Ohio teachers’ fund
An examination of federal securities filings traces nearly $7.5 million in stock-price declines across public retirement funds invested in Axovant and Immunovant. Ohio's teachers' pension held shares in both.
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Ohio saw the biggest decline in homeownership affordability, new report shows
Mansfield led the state's slide as home prices jumped 121% since 2020, pricing out firefighters, teachers and mail carriers who once could afford homes there.
