GOP departure presents pickup opportunity in OH-12
Exciting news for Ohio in the NY Times early this morning — OH-12 may soon present a tantalizing pickup opportunity for Democrats. The lede is awesome: Signaling Frustration, Senior House Republican...
View ArticleAfter college LGBTQ center opens, someone spread flyers telling LGBTQ...
Haters reportedly marked the opening of Cleveland State University’s LGBTQ student center last week by posting flyers on campus encouraging LGBTQ students to kill themselves. The graphic shows a person...
View ArticleBattleground Ohio - the local post-election take
So, as I have returned to Ohio after 14 years in Portland Oregon I am spending a little time refamiliarizing myself with the political zeitgeist here in the state I largely grew up in. I found a sort...
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For stop #2 of his white supremacy tour, Richard Spencer sues Ohio State...
According to the Gainesville Police Department, Tyler Tenbrink, 28, of Richmond, Texas, and bothers William Fears, 30, and Colton Fears, 28, both of Pasadena, Texas were arrested about 20 miles north...
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Battleground Ohio - General Assembly House District 1
This post was originally posted to The Full Slate Project blog. To enlarge any of the images in this post see the original post by clicking here.District 1 in the Ohio House comprises all of Wayne...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Continues To Make The Case For Medicare At 55
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:A few years ago, I met a 63-year old woman down in Youngstown. I'll never forget her story.She told me, “I have...
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OH & WI-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Refuses To Let Kochs & Wall...
Received this e-mail today from u.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D. OH) & Tammy Baldwin’s (D. WI) re-election campaigns:Senators Elizabeth Warren (D....
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OH-Gov: Betty Sutton (D) Hits AG Mike DeWine (R) & Trump For Failing To...
Received this e-mail today from former Rep. Betty Sutton’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign:Betty Sutton (D. OH)Today, President Trump's fix for the opioid crisis fell short. I wrote to you about this...
View ArticleVoting Rights Roundup: Federal court appears poised to curtail North Carolina...
Leading Off●North Carolina: In what could signal a critical victory against Republican gerrymandering, a federal court panel overseeing the redrawing of North Carolina's state legislative districts has...
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Battleground Ohio: Ohio General Assembly House District 2
This post was originally posted to The Full Slate Project blog. To enlarge any of the images in this post see the original post by clicking here.District 2 in the Ohio House comprises all of Richland...
View ArticleSeven ways the wealthy raise taxes on the 99 percent after cutting them for...
One of the biggest lies told by conservative pundits is that one-half of Americans pay no taxes.Conservatives like to throw around numbers, like the top 1 percent of wage earners will pay 45.7 percent...
View ArticleOH-Sen: "Stop Listening to Trump and Start Listening to Real Populists Like...
The Nation has a great piece out about U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) and his real populist message standing for workers and standing up against Wall Street:The speech that mattered was delivered...
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Why I Decided to Run for Congress
Ohio’s 16th District: an exercise to silence prominent Democratic suburbs.Deciding to run for office is no small choice. Running for office can require a significant investment of time and money. And...
View Article2017 Election Preview Part 2: Ballot Initiatives
Thanks to all who read my 2017 Election Preview Part 1: New Jersey Races. It was pretty boring, I know, but this will be a little more exciting, focusing on ballot initiatives. Ballot initiatives is...
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Battleground Ohio: General Assembly District 3 just south of Toledo.
This post was originally posted to The Full Slate Project blog. To enlarge any of the images in this post see the original post by clicking here.House District 3 of the Ohio General Assembly makes up...
View ArticleWhy we persist: Tireless resistance to the Trump agenda in Ohio District 12
Last Thursday at noon, Karen Adams, a grandmother of four, attended a political rally at Representative Pat Tiberi’s Worthington, Ohio, office. It was the 40th straight week that she’s shown up.Adams...
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VA & OH-Gov: Nan Whaley (D) Helps Ralph Northam (D) Resist Trump &...
Received this e-mail today from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley’s (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign in support of Lt. Governor Ralph Northam’s (D. VA) gubernatorial campaign:Lt. Governor Ralph Northam (D. VA)...
View ArticleVoting Rights Roundup: New report highlights Ohio GOP's odious use of 'prison...
Leading Off●Ohio: The League of Women Voters and Common Cause are backing an attempt to put a state constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot to reform congressional redistricting in Ohio, and they...
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Council Candidate Delsanter faces troubling reports of domestic violence,...
Reports published on social media this week highlight troubling and undisclosed behavior by Brunswick City Council Candidate Joseph P. Delsanter.A police report describing an incident of domestic...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Pushes Congress To Expand The Child Tax Credit To...
Playing a little catch up here. Received this e-mail over the weekend from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D. OH) re-election campaign:The United States is one of the most prosperous nations in the...
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