Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Will lame-duck Ohio Republicans limit new governor’s power? Ohio voters resoundingly rejected Republicans in last week’s election. Republican lawmakers are now deciding how to respond. This week, as the legislature resumed, state Rep. Ron Ferguson of Jefferson County proposed a ...

Ohio Democratic Governor-elect Dr. Amy Acton joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss what winning the governorship means to her as a “scrappy kid from Youngstown” and how her personal experiences,

A NewsNation compilation exploring the election results sending shockwaves through both parties. Texas, South Carolina and Ohio offer a revealing look at the candidates, campaign strategies and

Ohio Governor-elect Amy Acton joins The Lead.

Ohio voter turnout in last week's midterm elections surpassed recent results, becoming the highest on record for a midterm since 1990.

Ohio voters decisively rejected data center developments during the midterm elections, with more than a dozen communities voting to curb such projects.

Democrats swept into power last week as voters also embraced tougher criminal penalties and restrictions on bail. Why it matters: Six years after the George Floyd protests, Democrats won big without promising a return to sweeping 2020-era reforms. Some even adopted border-security rhetoric associated with Republicans. Democrats gained at least 12 state legislative chambers and won governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas. By the...

Hamilton County’s longtime Republican stronghold showed signs of a significant political shift in 2026, as Democrats won several key races and flipped five Statehouse seats. The results suggest elections in the rapidly changing county will remain competitive for years to come.

Outside groups spent more than $400 million on Ohio’s U.S. Senate race this year, nearly five times what the candidates raised. Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur wants voters to at least know who is paying for it.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The day after Ohio elected its first woman governor, I found my 6-year-old daughter hard at work. She had commandeered a corner of her toy room, where notebooks were spread across the floor, a clipboard lay at the ready and an old landline telephone, connected to nothing at all, awaited important calls. Delighted by the scene, I asked what she was up to. “I’m working for Amy ...