Ohio Governor-elect Amy Acton joins The Lead.

WASHINGTON - One is a union ironworker. Another is an Air Force veteran and nurse practitioner who treats neuro-oncology patients. The third is a former Ohio State University professor of urban and regional planning. Ohio’s three newly elected U.S. House of Representatives Democrats reported to Washington this week for freshman orientation, pledging to fight for the interests of the everyday ...

Ohio voters decisively rejected data center developments during the midterm elections, with more than a dozen communities voting to curb such projects.

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 […]

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...

Hamilton County’s longtime Republican stronghold showed signs of a significant political shift in 2026, as Democrats won several key races and flipped five Statehouse seats. The results suggest elections in the rapidly changing county will remain competitive for years to come.

Outside groups spent more than $400 million on Ohio’s U.S. Senate race this year, nearly five times what the candidates raised. Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur wants voters to at least know who is paying for it.

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.

Despite voting for Democrats, voters in Ohio, Colorado and North Carolina backed ballot measures for voter ID, protecting girls' sports and tax caps.