DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Officially two weeks after Election Day, Ohio Republicans and Democrats are still reckoning with the historic results, which were driven by a massive swing from young voters. “If you start a war and gas prices hit $5, your party is just not gonna do well,” said Jacob Sargent, Young Republicans Chief […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Elections officials in a Northwest Ohio county are correcting vote totals from the Nov. 3 general election after discovering that practice votes from a mock election were mistakenly mixed into the real results. Figures from one Wyandot County precinct from an Oct. 28 mock election were inadvertently left in its reporting system, inflating the county’s real – though unofficial – ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Prediction markets and polls both predicted Ohio’s blue wave, but analysts said they are not interchangeable. “Those markets tell us something. They are quicker than polls and polling averages,” said Dominik Stecula, an Ohio State University assistant professor of communications and political science. “But in general, I’m deeply skeptical of any […]

Ohio Democratic Governor-elect Dr. Amy Acton joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss what winning the governorship means to her as a “scrappy kid from Youngstown” and how her personal experiences,

House Republicans are moving to select their next leader after a brutal drubbing at the polls

Ohio Republicans are projected to lose their veto-proof majority in the House, giving Gov.-elect Amy Acton more leverage. Here are five takeaways about the new numbers, past overrides and what could change.

Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-OH) is claiming that his party’s senior representatives are threatening him to drop his stated preconditions for backing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in the upcoming speaker elections or face intraparty repercussions. Leonard ousted incumbent Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) in last week’s midterm elections, flipping a district President Donald Trump won […]

A NewsNation compilation exploring the election results sending shockwaves through both parties. Texas, South Carolina and Ohio offer a revealing look at the candidates, campaign strategies and

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) reacted Tuesday to the election loss of his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), saying he wished the House lawmaker “nothing but, actually, rehabilitation” — an apparent reference to his high-profile domestic abuse allegations. “Look, as you know, that had nothing to do with politics for me,” Moreno told TMZ DC’s…

Democrats swept into power last week as voters also embraced tougher criminal penalties and restrictions on bail. Why it matters: Six years after the George Floyd protests, Democrats won big without promising a return to sweeping 2020-era reforms. Some even adopted border-security rhetoric associated with Republicans. Democrats gained at least 12 state legislative chambers and won governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. By the...