When it comes to politics, Ohio has little in common with New York or California. Michigan is a different story.
So lessons learned from a Michigan election are a little more valuable than ones from New York or L.A.
So what lessons can Ohio Democrats, or Ohio politicians in general, learn from Abdul El-Sayed's far-left progressive victory in that state's Senate primary?
To discuss that and the latest on data center posturing, we turn to the "Columbus on the Record" panel: reporter Jessie Balmert from the USA Today Ohio Network, former state legislator Gene Krebs, and Ohio State University political scientist Herb Asher.
Snollygoster of the week
Let's just say Amy Acton is not trying to win over Democratic Socialists in Ohio. She has come out against transgender women participating in girls' and women's sports. She wants to regulate data centers, but not shut them down.
This week, she came out in favor of the fall ballot issue that would enshrine Ohio's photo voter ID law into the state constitution. Many Democrats and progressives say the amendment is unnecessary because it is already state law.
But voter photo ID is popular. More than 80% of Americans support showing a driver's license at the polls.
And that is where Amy Acton is: annoying the far left, but right with popular opinion. For a Democrat running in Ohio, that is pretty shrewd.