Little girls might take it for granted that they can become governor. Young women may already be learning all the reasons to scale back their ambitions. That difference could make Amy Acton’s election especially powerful—and put yet another enormous expectation on a woman already preparing to run Ohio. On Today in Ohio Monday, hosts Leila Atassi and Chris Quinn discussed what Ohio’s first ...

Ohio’s Democrats can enjoy their election victory, but they cannot afford to spend the next two years admiring it, say the hosts of Today in Ohio. Keeping Ohio politically competitive requires work that starts immediately and failing to do it could leave Amy Acton watching Republicans reclaim the power to steamroll her halfway through her term. On Monday’s episode of the news discussion ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The day after Ohio elected its first woman governor, I found my 6-year-old daughter hard at work. She had commandeered a corner of her toy room, where notebooks were spread across the floor, a clipboard lay at the ready and an old landline telephone, connected to nothing at all, awaited important calls. Delighted by the scene, I asked what she was up to. “I’m working for Amy ...

A series of maps illustrating the election trends across Ohio and in Cuyahoga County helps understand how Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown scored Democratic victories in a state won easily won by Republican Donald Trump just two years ago.

Ohio voters rejected Vivek Ramaswamy's gubernatorial bid, with the editor arguing the result reflects Ohioans' commitment to decency over divisive political tactics.

Ohio's Issue 3 leaves existing voter ID requirements largely unchanged but limits lawmakers' ability to alter them. Here's which rules are now protected by the Constitution and which remain under legislative control.

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Ohio Democrats saw a massive success statewide at the polls on Tuesday, with the party taking seats held by Republicans for decades. That win was driven by voters ages 18-29, who contributed to a 37-point swing. A sea of change arrived in the Buckeye State, propelled by younger Ohioans, but what […]

Pickerington City Schools is suspending all non-varsity athletics and other extracurriculars following a narrow levy loss in Tuesday's election.

Democrats won or came astonishingly close in states where Republicans usually dominate, from Texas, Ohio and Kansas to Iowa, Louisiana and South Carolina. Here’s why the Democratic wave exceeded expectations,

For the first time in a decade, election predictions far exceeded public expectations. What pollsters anticipated as a blue wave billowed into a blue tsunami. Wins that held ground for already blue seats eased nerves, and the flips of swing states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio energized the blue base. But red-belt-busting wins in Republican strongholds like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas alongside pending races in Alaska and...