Blue Wave Sweeps Ohio: Election Analysis

In the end it was what Democrats dreamed of and what Republicans dreaded. The blue wave of Democratic votes that swept the nation, hit Ohio just as hard. It elected Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s first woman governor and its first Democrat to the office in 20 years, returned ousted senator Sherrod Brown to Washington, overcame congressional lines that favor Republicans and In the end it was not really even that close. Democrat Amy Acton won by 8 percentage points, a nearly 400,000 vote margin over Republican Vivek Ramaswamy. While the campaign for Ohio governor got very personal, the campaign for Ohio U.S. Senate race focused primarily on the issues. The race featured former Sen. Sherrod Brown with a liberal voting record and four decades in Washington versus Sen. Jon Husted support for data centers and President Trump. Voters rejected Trump and returned a long-time senator to office. This race was a little closer than the governor's race. Sherrod Brown beat Jon Husted by 5 points, 50% to 45%. Down ticket Democrats caught the wave too and down ticket Republicans could not shed the Donald Trump anchor.Democrats won all of the Ohio statewide offices except one. Democrats also won both contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court and they now hold a majority of Ohio congressional seats. They Ousted three Republican congressmen. including here in central Ohio Rep. Mike Carey is out after two-and-a half terms. Carey was upset by Democrat Don Leonard who beat him seven points in a distrct that on paper favors a Republican by five points. We’ll wrap up by looking how Ohio Democrats might lead and how Republicans might recover. To break the election down we welcome our panel: Mike Thompson, host of WOSU TV’s Columbus on the Record and the Snollygoster Jo Ingles a reporter from Ohio Public Radio Andrew Tobias a reporter from Signal Ohio Statewide Herb Asher, Ohio State University political scientist Terry Casey Republican strategist Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:17 - Amy Acton Elected Governor 07:09 - Sherrod Brown’s Comeback 13:33 - Democrats Flip 3 Congress Seats 19:15 - After Ohio Midterms, Now What? 24:07 - Off The Record comments Support WOSU We can't do this without your support! Help keep WOSU Public Media strong by donating here: https://wosu.pm/WOSU-Support. Connect With WOSU News Subscribe to the WOSU News YouTube channel:    / @wosunews   Listen to the Snollygoster podcast:    • Snollygoster   Subscribe to our WOSU News Daily newsletter at https://www.wosu.org/newsletters Follow us on Facebook:   / wosupublicmedia   Follow us on Instagram:   / wosupubmedia   Follow us on Reddit:   / wosupublicmedia   Follow us on NextDoor: https://nextdoor.com/page/wosu-public... Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/@wosupublicm... Visit our website: https://www.wosu.org/news