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Sherrod Brown is running in 2026 to return to representing Ohio in the U.S. Senate
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s official: Democrat Sherrod Brown said he will run in 2026 to return to the U.S. Senate. Brown had served three terms in the U.S…. Read More
Ohio religious leaders react to IRS relaxing its stance on churches endorsing political candidates
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service is indicating it will relax enforcement of the 1954 Johnson Amendment,… Read More
Nelsonville residents are divided over a political and profane mural
By: Joshua Hoerner
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) — An expletive-filled political mural has stirred up strong feelings across the city of Nelsonville. Nelsonville resident Ted Campbell painted the mural on his property right… Read More
Kathleen Clyde will lead Ohio’s Democrats after an executive committee vote
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Kathleen Clyde, the former Portage County commissioner and state lawmaker, will serve as the new chair of the Ohio Democratic Party, executive committee members… Read More
Newspaper executive and former West Virginia lawmaker Doug Skaff Jr. dies in highway accident at 48
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48. Skaff was… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat Fischer is set for a 2026 bid to oust the court’s lone Democrat, Jennifer Brunner
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters will again see two sitting Ohio Supreme Court justices pitted against each other in 2026, after Justice Pat Fischer announced a bid Wednesday to unseat… Read More
Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel says he’s still eyeing a run for governor, even after the Ohio GOP endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Lt Gov. Jim Tressel hasn’t ruled out running for governor in 2026, despite the fact that the Ohio Republican Party has already endorsed… Read More
It’s been 20+ years since the U.S. hosted the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Why is it coming to Dayton?
By: Kathryn Mobley | WYSO
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DAYTON, Ohio (WYSO) — This week, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is taking place in Dayton. It’s the first time the event has come to the US since 2003 and it’s… Read More
Democrat Tim Ryan says he’ll decide this summer if he’ll run for Ohio governor next year
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many Ohio Democrats see former Congressman Tim Ryan as one of the few leading candidates for statewide office despite his loss to now-Vice President… Read More
Dave Yost suspends his run for the Republican nomination for Ohio governor, leaving an open path for Vivek Ramaswamy
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost has suspended his campaign to be the Republican nominee for the 2026 race for Ohio governor, after losing a major… Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State brings out bipartisan support and criticism but no big new plans
By: Karen Kasler | Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As expected, there were virtually no new proposals announced by Gov. Mike DeWine in his State of the State speech, though he drew attention to… Read More
Trump’s early backing of Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor is seen by some as meant to avoid a nasty primary
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The sun hadn’t set on the Vivek Ramaswamy gubernatorial campaign launch in Ohio before President Donald Trump posted his endorsement of the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur and… Read More
Republican Heather Hill, an Appalachian entrepreneur, says she’s inspired by tragedies to run for Ohio governor
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thoughts of her two foster children shot and killed by police still wake Heather Hill from her sleep once or twice a week. The Republican entrepreneur… Read More
West Virginia’s Senate OKs a bill allowing for religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia senators voted to dismantle one of the nation’s strictest school vaccination policies Friday by greenlighting an exemption for families who say mandated inoculations conflict… Read More
A bill would require party affiliation on ballots for local, state school board candidates in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State and local school board elections in Ohio are non-partisan, like many municipal and local races. But a new bill in the Ohio Legislature would change… Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy joins the 2026 race for Ohio governor with Trump’s endorsement
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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WEST CHESTER, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is now a candidate for governor in his home state of Ohio. He officially kicked off his… Read More
An expected Ramaswamy run for Ohio governor would test experienced Republicans and tradition
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Thomas Beaumont | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of his home state. The 39-year-old biotech entrepreneur… Read More
Lawmakers in the Ohio House introduce GOP priority energy provisions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two powerful conservative policy organizations in Columbus say current policies limit the state’s potential to address suddenly skyrocketing demand, with Ohio consuming more energy than… Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy, who said he wasn’t in contention for Vance’s US Senate seat, met with DeWine about it
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A political newcomer who had taken himself out of consideration for the US Senate seat held by VP-elect JD Vance apparently wants back in… Read More
Ohio’s Democratic Party Chair criticizes the state GOP leader over comments about confusing Ohioans
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio GOP Party Alex Triantifilou told a county party event that “confusing Ohioans was not such a bad strategy” in defeating last fall’s redistricting… Read More
Sherrod Brown talks about leaving Capitol Hill and his plans for the future
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the first time in 22 years, early January didn’t mean going back to Capitol Hill for Sherrod Brown. He lost one of the most… Read More
West Virginia’s conservative shift could sharpen under its incoming governor Patrick Morrisey
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a number of socially conservative laws during his two terms in office. But he rarely pushed for them. The Democrat-turned-Republican,… Read More
As VP-elect JD Vance resigns his US Senate seat, DeWine is not revealing his choice to succeed him
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Vice president-elect JD Vance resigned from the US Senate at midnight. That opens the door for Gov. Mike DeWine to announce who he’s chosen… Read More
A new Ohio law involving dissolution could mean fewer villages
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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AQUILLA, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Julie Petrowski isn’t moving, but her address is changing because of a law involving dissolution. For more than thirty years, she’s been a resident… Read More
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose rejects a GOP challenge to Democrat Congresswoman Emilia Sykes’ residency
By: Bruce Shipkowski | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top elections official Frank LaRose has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress. Secretary of… Read More
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