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U.S. Senate Race Getting Ugly Earler Than Usual

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Negative ads funded by both the campaigns and unaffiliated "super PACs" have inundated Ohio airwaves.
8:31AM
May
18, 2012

Both candidates are doing their best to promote their positive ads and downplay negative ads from their campaigns and unaffiliated Super PACs.

Husted Stands By Decision To Follow Federal Court Order

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Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted says he’s required to follow the federal court's order and says the Ohio Supreme Court doesn't have proper jurisdiction.
8:17AM
May
11, 2012

Ohio House and Senate Republicans have sued Secretary of State Jon Husted in the Ohio Supreme Court, saying his action violated the state constitution.

Poll: Race For U.S. Senate Is Narrowing

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The poll released by Quinnipiac University on Thursday is the first to put the race between Mandel and Brown within single digits.
10:45AM
May 10, 2012

The Quinnipiac University poll is the first showing the race between Dem. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Josh Mandel has narrowed to within single digits.

Election Reform Repeal Headed To Governor’s Desk

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The repeal of the election changes would not restore the three days of early, in-person voting that were cut last year.
8:27AM
May 9, 2012

The repeal of the election changes would not restore the three days of early, in-person voting that were cut last year.

Candidates Join Super PACs With Senate Ads

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The race between Rep. Josh Mandel and Dem. Sherrod Brown is expected to be one of the closest and most-expensive races in the nation this year.
7:10AM
May 8, 2012

The race between Rep. Josh Mandel and Dem. Sherrod Brown is expected to be one of the closest and most-expensive races in the nation this year.

Lawmakers Continue Behind-The-Scenes Talks On Election Changes

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The repeal legislation was tabled by Rep. House Speaker Bill Batchelder.
7:30AM
April
27, 2012

Ohio lawmakers have shelves the repeal of the controversial election reform law that’s up for a referendum on the fall ballot. But that doesn’t mean they’re not talking about it.

Lawmakers Delay Vote To Repeal Elections Changes

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If enacted, the repeal measure would leave in place old rules governing Ohio elections before the overhaul law was passed last summer. The bill also would reaffirm a separate change made last year in a different measure that cuts off in-person early voting on the Friday evening before Election Day.
6:15AM
April 26, 2012

If enacted, the repeal measure would leave in place old rules governing Ohio elections before the overhaul law was passed last summer. The bill also would reaffirm a separate change made last year in a different measure that cuts off in-person early voting on the Friday evening before Election Day.

Parties Face Off In Court Over Ohio Legislative Maps

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2:21PM
April 24, 2012

Justices in Ohio are weighing arguments that will determine the fate of Ohio’s newly drawn legislative map.

Is The Ohio Economy Better Or Worse Since Obama Took Office?

Posted: April 20, 2012

Mitt Romney and President Obama both visited Ohio this week. Both painted very different pictures of Ohio’s economy. The president says it’s on the mend. Romney says the president’s policies have kept Ohio from fully and quickly recovering. Is the Ohio economy better or worse since President Obama took office?

Romney Follows Pres. To NE Ohio, Criticizes “Failed Vision”

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Mitt Romney told people in the abandoned factory they should "open their eyes" if they want to see how the President's economic vision has worked out.
8:29AM
April 20, 2012

The former Massachusetts governor campaigned at the same shuttered drywall factory used by the President during his 2008 campaign.