The Ohio Republican Party put its thumb on the scale for Vivek Ramaswamy, voting to endorse him for governor in 2026 over Attorney General Dave Yost and possible candidate and current lieutenant governor Jim Tressel and over the objections of Gov. DeWine, who pushed to delay.
Meanwhile, the Ohio Democratic Party is looking for a new leader to help it break GOP dominance in the state.
There was an election last week and voters gave a thumbs up to a statewide infrastructure bill, but thumbs down to all but one of the central Ohio school levies on the ballot.
We're talking about all of it on this week's reporter roundtable.
Guests:
- Karen Kasler, bureau chief, Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureau
- Morgan Trau, Columbus bureau reporter, News 5 Cleveland
- Andrew Tobias, state reporter, Signal Statewide
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