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Weekly Political Recap — Week Ending May 9, 2026
Ohio News LOCAL: Mault and Smith survive contested Republican primaries; Mault advances to face Democrat Abby Spears in November Scioto County voters delivered the long-awaited verdict Tuesday on the two Republican commissioner primaries that have dominated local politics since the indictment of Bryan Davis. Steven Will Mault defeated Yvonne Hale and Nate Hoover (2,744 / 2,262 / 1,454), and Merit Smith turned back challenger Adrian Harrison (3,579 to 2,789). Turnout came in a
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Weekly Political Recap: Week Ending April 24, 2026
Ohio News Republican Ohio Supreme Court makes Ohio first in nation to allow political endorsements from judges In a 5-1 ruling, the Republican-majority Ohio Supreme Court ended a decades-old ban on state judges and judicial candidates publicly endorsing political candidates — making Ohio the first state in the nation to allow it. The ruling drew sharp criticism even from within the court: Republican Justice Pat Fischer called it judicial activism and warned it "could have an
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Weekly Political Recap, Week Ending April 17, 2026
This week: Sherrod Brown builds a big cash lead over Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio's Senate race; a bipartisan group of lawmakers targets Medicaid "middlemen" with projected savings of up to $850M a year; and Vivek Ramaswamy's property tax rollback plan draws scrutiny over a projected $6.6B hit to Ohio schools and services. Plus: Trump's new CDC nominee and the back-to-back Swalwell and Gonzales congressional resignations.
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