Kamala Harris

There are several tight races for U.S. Senate and Congress across the country, with one of the most expensive in Ohio.

Kennedy announced Friday he was suspending his campaign in certain states to avoid taking away support from former President Donald Trump, whom Kennedy recently endorsed.

Republican Donald Trump won the former swing state of Ohio by eight points in 2016 and 2020, but Ohio Democrats are hopeful.

Christopher Gibbs, a working farmer and Shelby County Democratic Party chair, believes the presence of Tim Walz on the Democratic ticket will appeal to Ohio's rural voters.

Vance previously said he voted against Ohio's Issue 2 in November, which legalized recreational marijuana in the state. Trump signaled at a Thursday press conference that he would be open to legalizing marijuana in some form.

Midwesterners have cornered the market on vice presidential candidates for the 2024 election. This week Vice President Kamala Harris named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz’s selection follows former President Donald Trump naming Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance as his running mate. Joining us to discuss the issue is another proud midwesterner and political expert, Ohio State University political scientist Paul Beck.

Vance's was the most recent of the Republican criticisms of how Harris portrays herself, in the wake of Trump's comments last week to the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago.

Ohio's state lawmakers met in a special session earlier year to pass a law allowing Democrats to submit their presidential candidate paperwork by Sept. 1, but they beat that deadline.

Current VP and presumed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that her running mate for the November presidential election will be Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Ohio Sen. JD Vance is the vice presidential candiadate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Supporters hope the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, ex-Army National Guard leader, former teacher and congressman can help Harris pick up support in the Midwest.