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What to know ahead of the Ohio primary election

2024. ## Who are the candidates for governor? Amy Acton, the former head of Ohio’s Department of Health, is running unopposed in the Democratic gubernatorial primary and will face the Republican primary winner in November

Ohio voters head to polls to select candidates for midterm elections

candidates ahead of November’s midterm elections. The state is expected to play a major role in deciding whether Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans maintain control of Congress for the final two years

Primary elections in Ohio, Indiana offer latest temperature check on Trump popularity

candidates. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Democrats keep doing better

First Thing: Tensions rise over Hormuz as Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’

midterm elections, including the candidates for Ohio’s Senate special election. Indiana voters also [go to the polls today](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/indiana-republicans-donald-trump), with seven Republican state senators battling for re-election against candidates backed

Republicans split with Trump and back Haitians – to save their seats

election, polls suggest that support for the president is waning significantly. With three large metropolitan areas in a state that voted for Barack Obama twice, political scientists say that Ohio is slipping back into purple

2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots

Ohio** **MAINE (R-Collins) TOSS-UP:** Republican Sen. Susan Collins has survived many challenges through the years. In this midterm season, in a blue-leaning state and with an unpopular president, Democrats think this

Democrats dominate midterm fundraising, but Republicans have a huge cash advantage

election. For Republicans, the typical midterm headwinds that blow against the party in power are compounded by President Trump's unpopularity and voter dissatisfaction around issues like the economy, immigration policy

Virginia’s victory good for Democrats but also shows Trump’s redistricting battle could be all for nothing

midterm elections. “Democrats did not step back. We fought back. When they go low, we hit back hard,” the top House Democrat, [Hakeem Jeffries](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/hakeem-jeffries), said in a statement that vowed “maximum warfare

Ohio heads to polls as Ramaswamy hopes to lock in as Republican candidate for governor – US politics live

2024 GOP primary presidential candidate, swept onto the state’s political scene early last year. Then-senator JD Vance was ascending to the vice presidency and front-running gubernatorial candidate Jon Husted was being appointed

Poll: Americans uneasy with AI, crypto even as they spend big on midterms

midterm money landscape](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/ai-crypto-new-campaign-finance-players-00878049) — but many Americans are uneasy with the industries behind the spending. New results from [The POLITICO Poll](https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000019d-e4c8-d895-affd-e6e9cdb30000) find broad public skepticism about crypto and AI, creating

Tensions rise in two ceasefires in the Middle East. And, the Navy secretary ousted

candidates are outpacing Republicans in midterm fundraising for key House and Senate races.** This enthusiasm comes even as the party grapples with record-low voter approval ratings. But Republican-aligned committees have a massive cash