2018 Election

Democrat Kathleen Clyde and Republican Frank LaRose are the frontrunners in the race for the office of secretary of state.Both are state lawmakers. Both…

At the only debate in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District race, the candidates collided on the expected issues including healthcare, tax cuts and national…

Bundled in wool coat and scarf, Danny O’Connor stands outside the entrance to a Pataskala High School football field. It’s senior night, and the announcer…

During a rally for the Democratic ticket in Ohio on Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden said the violent events of the last week required leaders who could unite the country. But this was a get-out-the-vote rally. So he criticized the Republican Party for favoring corporations over working people and seeking to gut Social Security and Medicare. Biden urged people in attendance to reverse Republican control of Ohio government.

Milkshakes in hand, former Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray encouraged students at Ohio State to vote in…

While the candidates for governor and U.S. Senator are getting most of the spotlight in this year’s election, all 99 members of the Ohio House and 17…

The podcast Serial has called new attention to the power that local judges wield over everything from license suspensions to prison sentences. “Judges in America are really the only elected public officials that the public invests with the authority to take their property, their liberty and sometimes even their life,” retired Cleveland Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine said. There are more than a dozen contested judicial races on Cuyahoga County ballots this November, from the state supreme court down to the court of common pleas.

In this week's Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast, Mike Thompson and Steve Brown are joined by special guest Ann Fisher to discuss how the…

When you hear about hackers, you might picture someone sitting at a computer remotely breaking in. But Ohio’s voting machines are not connected to the…

The candidates for governor and other statewide races have released their final fundraising reports before next month’s election. It’s been a…