← Back to Get ready to vote! The math on six seats Why a handful of local races decide what happens in Columbus for the next two years. Where Ohio voters stand In recent elections, Ohio has voted about 55–45, Republican to Democrat. In the 2024 Ohio House elections, Republican candidates won about 56 percent […]
← Back to Get ready to vote! Governor and Lieutenant Governor Amy Acton and David Pepper (D) vs. Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley (R). The race In Ohio the governor and lieutenant governor run together and appear as one line on your ballot. You cast one vote for the pair. Every current statewide executive officeholder
← Back to Get ready to vote! Ohio Supreme Court: two seats Jennifer Brunner (D) vs. Colleen O’Donnell (R), and Marilyn Zayas (D) vs. Dan Hawkins (R). The race Ohio’s judicial races carry party labels now — the General Assembly, with a Republican supermajority in each house, added them starting in 2022. A court of
Who is on your ballot
← Back to Get ready to vote! Who is on your ballot Find your county below. Your own sample ballot from VoteOhio.gov adds the local levies and school issues, which vary precinct to precinct. Everyone in Ohio votes on these Office Democrat Republican Governor / Lt. Governor (one ticket, one vote) Amy Acton / David
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When Ohioans Voted, Twice, and It Did Not Matter
Ohio’s approach to drawing voting maps is broken, and repairing it must be a priority for us. Ohioans voted twice, in 2015 and 2018, to take steps to end gerrymandering in our state. Both constitutional amendments passed by wide margins. And now, several years later, our districts are drawn to favor one party more heavily
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Here Is Action We Recommend
Americans agree on far more than the news suggests. It does not feel that way, because a small number of very loud people are shown to us constantly until we mistake them for everyone. And agreement by itself does not move legislation, because a legislator answers to donors, to primary voters, and to whoever controls
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Why Good Bills Go Nowhere
Our first essay showed that Americans agree on more than the news suggests. The second showed why it does not feel that way. This one addresses the obvious follow-up question: if 87% of Republicans and 88% of Democrats want members of Congress out of the stock market, why is there no law? The answer is
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You Are Being Shown the Worst of Us
Our first essay showed that Americans agree on far more than we think — including in the reddest districts and the bluest. So why does it feel like we are at war with each other? Here are four reasons: A small group of people with extreme views is shaping what we hear and see on
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