There has not been a Democrat elected to statewide office in Ohio since 1992, when John Glenn won his fourth term in the Senate. Glenn is also the last Democrat to defeat Mike DeWine in an election. Republican control of the Buckeye state's senate seats, Republican control of the state house, and Republican control of [...]

Republican gerrymandering has created two interlocking, fractal-like districts in the north and west parts of Columbus, stretching out from the downtown of the city into the suburbs and rural counties beyond. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) has received much attention in her effort to unseat the number four Republican in the House, Deborah Pryce, while [...]

I’ve been in Columbus, Ohio since Saturday morning as part of the AFL-CIO’s Labor 2006 program that’s sending bloggers to cover key races and the voter mobilizations that are taking place to achieve victory on November 7th. Adam Conner and Nancy Scola are blogging the Midwest and Pennsylvania, respectively, as part of the same [...]

[This afternboon's guest poster is Matt Browner Hamlin.  Matt blogs at Emboldened and Bring it On, and was a key part of the delivery of a copy of Crashing the Gate to every Democrat in Congress.  Back then he posted under his former pseudonym, "Philo," and he tells me he's cut his hair since his [...]