By Abby Livingston and Shira Toeplitz, Roll Call
Rep. Steve Austria (R-Ohio) announced today he is retiring.
Austria is in his second term in Congress. But because of Ohio’s new district map, Austria was set to face fellow Republican Rep. Michael Turner …
By Dan Sewell-Associated Press
WEST CHESTER, Ohio — For “Anybody butRomney” Republicans in a key conservative region of Ohio, Newt Gingrich has been picking up support as an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor.
The former House speaker has moved to the …
By JULIE CARR SMYTH, The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state’s new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment.
In a political blow to GOP …
By Paul West, Los Angeles Times
Hanoverton, Ohio—An aggressive Republican drive to weaken the labor rights of government workers appears to have crested, at least in Ohio, where voters are expected to throw out a far-reaching anti-union law this week.
The referendum …
By MJ LEE | Politico
Joe the Plumber has never tried Herman Cain’s pizza, but he thinks the 9-9-9 tax plan is tasty and is leaning …
AP) TOLEDO, Ohio- Joe the Plumber is plunging into politics because he thinks it’s about time America had a few mechanics, bricklayers and, yes, plumbers in Congress.
Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher was thrust into the political spotlight after questioning Barack Obama about …
By Heather Higgins & Eric Novack, National Review
Most ballot initiatives have little resonance outside the states that consider them. That’s not so with the upcoming vote in Ohio. Ohio’s November vote on the Health Care Freedom Amendment (Issue 3) will …
ByNaureen Khan, CBS News
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – Some 1,500 people squeezed into the basketball arena of this semi-rural community’s Ohio Christian University campus Thursday night to hear Herman Cain talk about his presidential campaign and his evangelical faith.
“I don’t know …
By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY
A Tea Party activist seeking to make abortion a key issue says he’ll challenge House Speaker John Boehner in a GOP primary next year.
David Lewis told the Cincinnati Enquirer today that he’s making an issue of …
By POLITICO STAFF | POLITICO
This time, they let the cameras in.
One week after a meeting in which a police officer confiscated cameras from two people attending one of his town hall events, Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) held a meeting in …
