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Sen. Rob Portman stunned the Ohio political world Monday with his announcement that he won’t run for reelection. That leaves an open seat in 2022 as Democrats and Republicans vie for control of a closely divided Senate. It may not be long before candidates start running, according to David Cohen, the interim director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.

Political ads calling out President Donald Trump’s attempt to start a boycott against Goodyear could continue through the November election, as Democrats attempt to sway locals to vote blue. Last week on Twitter, Trump advocated for a boycott of Goodyear after an employee at a Kansas plant posted an alleged photo of company policy banning political attire in the workplace, including items with the "Make America Great Again” and “Blue Lives Matter” slogans.

Crime, drugs and guns top the list of social issues most concerning to African Americans in Ohio, according to a statewide poll released Wednesday.A new…

Ohio’s primary is set for March 17 this year. In addition to the race for the White House, Democrats and Republicans will be choosing their respective…

A new survey finds evangelical Ohioans are less likely to see poverty as a problem that government needs to handle than people who have no religious…

10 am Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald trails Ohio governor John Kasich by a sizable margin in the polls. Despite Kasich's lead and larger…