Politically Speaking

A $2 million ad buy from a Republican PAC attacking Democratic candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court has prompted a letter of condemnation from the Ohio State Bar Association calling the ad "misleading." But the Republican State Leadership Committee won't take the ad down.

Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp and Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman went to the U.S. Supreme Court to get the Ohio Supreme Court off their backs on gerrymandering congressional districts. But a 2019 U.S. Supreme Court decision may doom their effort to failure.

Two years ago, the Greene County village of Yellow Springs voted to allow its 27 non-citizen residents to vote in local elections. But Issue 2 on the November ballot could take away their power to do that.

WelcomePAC, an organization of Democrats, has signed on many Republicans who want to send a Trump-dominated GOP a message in November by voting for centrist Democrats.

The chief justice is a Republican who is not at all fond of the partisan gerrymandering that Ohio Republicans are so devoted to.

Mike DeWine, the Republican incumbent governor, wants to make the gubernatorial race about the economy, but his Democratic opponent, Nan Whaley, is banking on outrage from Ohio women voters over the loss of abortion rights to pull an upset win.

J.D. Vance's campaign, along with some deep-pocketed GOP super PACS, are spending millions on attack ads on Democrat Tim Ryan. Ryan has an answer, though, and it draws on his background as a star high school quarterback.

Mike DeWine, in his long political career, has debated opponents when he thought it would help him and avoided it when he thought it would do harm.

Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan raised a lot of eyebrows last week when he came out against President Biden's plan to forgive part of student loan debt of millions of Americans. Ryan is trying to appeal to independents and Republicans, but in the process, he seems to be alienating many loyal Democratic voters.

The U.S. Senate race in Ohio was supposed to be a chip shot and a short putt — an almost certain win for the GOP. But suddenly, Mitch McConnell is questioning whether his party can win control of the Senate in November, with Republicans sinking $28 million into TV and radio ads to help boost J.D. Vance, their candidate in Ohio.