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As they gathered to honor Ohio native William McKinley, the country's 25th president, Huron County Republicans received the opportunity to visit with several candidates running for office in next month's general election. Judge Gene Zmuda, currently on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge and candidate for the 6th District Court of Appeals, introduced the keynote speaker for the recently McKinley dinner Judge Craig Baldwin, a candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court.
The fact Nov. 6 is the first midterm election of the Trump era is itself a huge news story. And in Ohio, races for governor and U.S. Senate are sucking up most of the public attention that remains.
President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Ohio on Friday, touting a that began with the installation of his second Supreme Court justice and concluded with the release of an American detained in Turkey. Jocular and boastful, Trump barnstormed - in what was a barn on a rural fairgrounds - for Ohio's gubernatorial and congressional candidates, but, as he often does, spent much of the hour-plus speech touting his own track record.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker closed his half-hour speech in Akron on Saturday by taking a selfie with the Democratic gubernatorial ticket of Rich Cordray and Betty Sutton. One of the possible contenders in the 2020 presidential race was in Northeast Ohio over the weekend to drum up support for Rich Cordray in the race for governor.
Hamza Abdelgany, a Warren campaign staff member on the Democratic Outreach Team, works at his laptop at the campaign headquarters. Hamza Abdelgany, a Warren campaign staff member on the Democratic Outreach Team, works at his laptop at the campaign headquarters.
Praising Robert E. Lee as a "great general" is just the latest example of the president waxing poetic about the Confederacy. LEWIS CENTER, OH - AUGUST 04: President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to show support for Ohio Republican congressional candidate Troy Balderson on August 4, 2018 in Lewis Center, Ohio.
Supporters of President Donald Trump cheer as he arrives for a campaign rally, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Lebanon, Ohio. Supporters of President Donald Trump cheer as he arrives for a campaign rally, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Lebanon, Ohio.
President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Ohio on Friday, touting a "really historic week for America" that began with the installation of his second Supreme Court justice and concluded with the release of an American detained in Turkey. Jocular and boastful, Trump barnstormed - in what was a barn on a rural fairgrounds - for Ohio's gubernatorial and congressional candidates, but, as he often does, spent much of the hour-plus speech touting his own track record.
USDA TO INVEST $181 MILLION IN RURAL AMERICA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE Oct. 9, 2018 Source: USDA news release Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $181 million in 88 projects that will build community infrastructure and facilities in 27 states. "Infrastructure is a foundation for quality of life and economic opportunity in small towns across our country," Hazlett said.
It's crunch time in the Ohio governor's race on Monday as Republican Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray face off in the final gubernatorial debate in the run-up to the Nov. 6 election. The two candidates running to succeed term-limited Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich will meet tonight at Cleveland State University.
Republican Dave Yost and Democrat Steve Dettelbach are both experienced, well-prepared and highly qualified for the office. Both have had long and successful careers, including on the prosecutorial side of the law but also in private practice.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Ottawa County Prosecuting Attorney James VanEerten, and the Ohio Ethics Commission on Thursday announced that two village of Put-in-Bay officials have been indicted by an Ottawa County Grand Jury on public corruption charges stemming from a joint probe into public corruption allegations within the village. Kelly A. Niese, 49, of Put-in-Bay, former village of Put-in-Bay fiscal officer, was indicted on the following charges: Melinda McCann Myers, 52, of Put-in-Bay, the former president of Put-in-Bay Village Council, was recently charged with six counts of conflict of interest, misdemeanors of the first degree.
Ohio Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray faced off in their second - and very conventional - debate on Monday, which was quite a contrast compared to the combative political debates the country is embroiled in at the national level. The two men squared off on issues ranging from healthcare and guns to rape kits and algae blooms .
This week, an obscure body is meeting at a remote location to take a vote that could have a profound effect on how clean, safe and natural the Ohio River is in the future. Ohio has three representatives on that panel.
An Ohio Statehouse north-side garden showcases a poppy quilt design to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Attacking addiction: Steve Dettelbach, the Democratic attorney general candidate, unveiled his plan to combat Ohio's opioid epidemic. He told cleveland.com's Laura Hancock he opposes Issue 1 but supports other ideas for criminal justice reform.
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A Fairfield mother of four who was deported to Mexico in April 2017 is now back home with her family, attorneys say. Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. represents Maribel Trujillo Diaz and says she was returned to the U.S. from Mexico to attend her ongoing immigration hearings at the Cleveland Immigration Court.
Should any member of the Kennedy family be lecturing any other politician about insensitivity to the rape and abuse of females? On Friday morning, the president tweeted out, re: the Kavanaugh-Ford contretemps: "I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time and place!" "2 of 3 sexual assaults are never reported.
In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, former President Barack Obama shakes hands with members of the audience as he campaigns in support of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray in Cleveland.
Ohio's major-party governor candidates have kicked off their first debate with pointed attacks involving the state's opioid crisis. Democrat Richard Cordray, the former federal consumer watchdog, says rival Republican Mike DeWine has failed to adequately tackle the deadly painkiller epidemic during two terms as the state's attorney general.