Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU News Team after 30 years of covering local and state politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio governor’s race since 1974 as well as 12 presidential nominating conventions. His streak continued by covering both the 2012 Republican and Democratic conventions for 91.7 WVXU. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots; the Lucasville Prison riot in 1993; the Air Canada plane crash at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983; and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. The Cincinnati Reds are his passion. "I've been listening to WVXU and public radio for many years, and I couldn't be more pleased at the opportunity to be part of it,” he says.
In 2012, the Society of Professional Journalists inducted Wilkinson into the Cincinnati Journalism Hall of Fame.
In 2019, Wilkinson was named Senior Political Analyst for Cincinnati Public Radio as he retired from fulltime employment. He will continue to appear on Cincinnati Edition, write blogs on politics and his popular Tales from the Trail, all available on wvxu.org.
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Many people have tried to hang a label on Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. His Republican opponent, J.D. Vance, calls Ryan a "Trump Democrat." The truth is, Ryan is very hard to pigeonhole. -
Assuming the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Democrats in Ohio may see the decision rebound in their favor by stirring up dormant interest among voters angry over the decision. -
With only about three weeks to go before Tuesday's election, Donald Trump pulled J.D. Vance of Middletown out of the middle of the pack of GOP senate candidates and dragged him across the finish line. -
Many Ohio Democrats are still learning about the two gubernatorial candidates on the May 3 primary ballot. They're finding that there are many similarities on issues, and more of a contrast in style. -
Their mutual friend, billionaire Peter Thiel, might have had something to do with it. -
Morgan Harper, a consumer lawyer and community organizer from Columbus, is running against Congressman Tim Ryan for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. Is there a path to victory for her? -
The standoff between the Ohio Supreme Court and the Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission has left county election officials all over the state holding the bag, not knowing when a second primary will be held. This creates a number of problems for officials, poll workers and voters. -
Gov. Mike DeWine has told the Ohio Debate Commission he won't be part of a March 29 debate between GOP gubernatorial candidates. A smart move, or is he running scared? -
The five Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission have produced a congressional map that, like the first one, probably won't stand up to judicial scrutiny. -
Challengers who underestimate Mike DeWine do so at their own peril.
