Elections and Voting

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (600+ words) President Trump is returning to Ohio Monday evening, as Republicans fight to defend two key seats in a state that has emerged as an unexpected midterm battleground. He is expected to campaign alongside Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), just days after…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (283+ words) The mailers are sponsored by Enough Promises Ohio PAC and began arriving in voters’ mailboxes in recent days. They promote independent candidate Greg Levy over Brown with messages such as “Join the Revolution” and “Send a Worker to the Senate....

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1009+ words) N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas says Trump's celebration of Christopher Columbus whitewashes Indigenous history and calls on Black and Native communities to unite against shared inequities. Every year, the federal holiday of Columbus Day brings significant tension in the United States. The…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1696+ words) Republican ex-state Rep. Jay Edwards and Democratic Cincinnati City Councilman Seth Walsh are facing off in a race to become Ohio's next state treasurer. The position, currently held by term-limited Republican Robert Sprague, is considerably less high-profile than governor, U.S. senator…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (354+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A dispute over repairs to a storm-damaged Columbus community center is escalating into a broader political clash between Mayor Andrew Ginther and City Council President Shannon Hardin, rivals in next year’s mayoral race. The latest disagreement centers…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1484+ words) Voters started lining up while it was still dark on Tuesday morning at the Medina County Board of Elections as early voting began in Ohio, a state that looms large in the nationwide campaigns between Republicans and Democrats battling for…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1559+ words) Ohioans will make their choice on Nov. 3 among three candidates vying to oversee the state’s elections for the next four years as secretary of state. The candidates are Republican Robert Sprague, who has spent the past eight years as state…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (867+ words) For one hour Tuesday, Georgia voters got something they likely won’t see again before Election Day: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson standing side-by-side on a debate stage tackling the biggest divides of the campaign for governor. And…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (464+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — With fewer than 30 days until Election Day, Columbus voters are weighing two major ballot issues that could reshape City Council. Issue 9 would expand Council from nine members to 13 — a change current city council leaders say would strengthen…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (791+ words) The vote for Georgia’s next secretary of state is more than a contest to choose the state’s next elections chief. It will also decide who OKs how people will vote in a presidential battleground state for years to come. State…...