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Former U.S. Rep. Dave Hobson died at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton after a short illness, his family said in a statement.

Michael Rulli, 55, is a second-term state senator from Salem in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley, where he directs operations for his family’s 100-year-old chain of grocery stores. He faces Michael Kripchak, 42, of Youngstown, a local restaurant worker and former U.S. Air Force research science and acquisitions officer, actor and start-up operator.

Former Cleveland Mayor and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced his campaign, this time as an independent, for Ohio's 7th Congressional District.

A coalition of Ohio nonprofits has banded together to obtain the signatures necessary to get a ballot measure for congressional redistricting to be…