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Amy Acton Stepping Down From Columbus Foundation To Consider U.S. Senate Run
By: Gabe Rosenberg | Nick Houser | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Former Ohio Department of Health director Dr. Amy Acton is exploring a run for the U.S. Senate. Acton announced Thursday that she would step down from… Read More

Republican AG To Seek Reelection, Not Portman’s Senate Seat
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost plans to run for reelection next year and said Monday he won’t seek the U.S. Senate seat that fellow Republican Rob… Read More

Fauci Warns States Not to ‘Jump Over’ Guidelines to Reopening
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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The nation’s top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.

Kentucky Broadcaster Matt Jones Takes Step Toward Senate Run
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Prominent Kentucky broadcaster Matt Jones is planning to take a step toward running as a Democrat for the seat held by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell… Read More

Senate Will Discuss Gun Proposals In September, McConnell Says
By: Jessica Taylor | NPR
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“What we can’t do is fail to pass something,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told WHAS radio. “The urgency of this is not lost on any of us.”

McConnell, GOP Senate Resist Calls to ‘Do Something’
By: Lisa Mascaro | Matthew Daly | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is resisting pressure to bring senators back from recess to address gun violence, taking a more measured approach that could very likely… Read More

Sherrod Brown Backs Strickland Over Sittenfeld For U.S. Senate
By: Associated Press
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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is endorsing former Gov. Ted Strickland as the Democrat best suited to challenge fellow senator Rob Portman next year. Strickland, a one-term governor and former congressman,… Read More