Former Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher (left) and U.S.Senator Rob Portman.
The 2010 opponents in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race have had a cordial reunion, with the defeated Democrat pointing to winner Rob Portman’s frequent mentions now as a possible Republican presidential running mate.
Negative ads funded by both the campaigns and unaffiliated "super PACs" have inundated Ohio airwaves.
Both candidates are doing their best to promote their positive ads and downplay negative ads from their campaigns and unaffiliated Super PACs.
Lawmakers have nixed a plan to test welfare recipients for illegal drugs.
A Senate committee has pulled a pilot program that would tie welfare benefits to clean drug tests from a swiftly moving budget bill.
One of the may natural gas drilling wells that have sprung up around the Midwest and Great Lakes regions in recent years.
The plan would beef up reporting requirements for drillers, but critics say the proposal is still far too weak.
Ohio Senate bill would create a pilot program that would tie welfare benefits to clean drug tests.
The Republican-controlled Ohio Senate is nearing approval of a pilot program that would tie welfare benefits to clean drug tests.
Senator Rob Portman, (R) Ohio
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman says the economy is the overriding issue for this year’s elections, and that Republicans should stay focused on that, not gay marriage.