COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Sen. Sherrod Brown defeated Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio on Tuesday, flipping a seat that was crucial to Democrats' strategy to retake the chamber and providing a ray of hope for the party's longer-term prospects in a former swing state that had turned ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Amy Acton delivered a stunning victory in the race for Ohio governor on Tuesday, overcoming more than $100 million spent against her to become the first Democrat to win the seat in 20 years and the first woman ever elected to the state's top post. The public ...
In the race for Judge Cheryl R. Waite’s seat on the Seventh District Court of Appeals, Seventh District Judge Mark Hanni, a Republican, defeated his Democratic opponent, Katherine Rudzik. At deadline, Hanni was leading by a 57% to 43% margin across the eight counties that court serves, although Rudzik was winning Mahoning County by a 55% to 45% margin. The Seventh District covers Mahoning, Columbiana, Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe and Noble counties. Hanni’s victory means he will extend his tenure on the panel. Ohio’s age limit laws meant that Hanni would have ...
U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, a Republican who represents the Mahoning Valley in Congress, beat his Democratic challenger in a successful bid for reelection. It was not by an overwhelming margin. Rulli, R-Salem, defeated Democrat Elizabeth Kirtley of New Philadelphia 59% to 41% in the 6th Congressional District race, according to incomplete and unofficial results. Rulli said of the relative closeness of his race: “It definitely was not a red year so we’re happy with the win. I’m thrilled with it. It’s an honor of a lifetime to serve.” With Rulli about to be in the minority ...
CHARLESTON - Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and West Virginia's senior member of the congressional delegation, will return to the U.S. Senate next year to begin serving her third six-year term on Capitol Hill. WV MetroNews, the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the election in Capito's favor over her Democratic opponent, Rachel Fetty Anderson, Tuesday night after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m., based on preliminary numbers. Capito and supporters gathered Tuesday night at the Embassy Suites in downtown Charleston to watch the unofficial vote numbers and celebrate. Capito ...
East Liverpool -A male came into the police station on Oct. 15 to report his wallet and phone missing from his truck and that he noticed them missing while working on a building on West Sixth Street. The male came back to the station on Oct. 18 to report an attempted use of one his cards at the Clearview Credit, but it was declined. The incident has been forwarded to a detective to review the footage. -A female reporting a threat to an officer on Oct. 15 was advised by the officer that someone telling her to go kill herself is not a crime and saying the bloods might show up is not a ...
