Kathleen Clyde talks with 13 Action News in her first interview since she officially took the reigns as chair of the Ohio Democratic Party.

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign says it raised $9.7 in the first four months of his Ohio governor run. Filings become public on ...

Fighting AI fraud: U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at curtailing fraud fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) by establishing a task force to examine the problem, ...

However, DeWine’s preferred successor, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, is also vying for the governorship, leading to speculation about a tough GOP primary.

His three main would-be primary rivals – Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Treasurer Robert Sprague, and Attorney General Dave Yost – are now out of the way. Husted was appointed to the U.S. Senate in January.

With Donald Trump's backing, billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy wants in to the Ohio governor's office, with no previous experience in government.

Ohio Republican Chairman Alex M. Triantafilou said: “We are proud to endorse Sen. Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy because they have proven that they will fight tirelessly for the people of Ohio.

"We are proud to endorse Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy because they have proven that they will fight tirelessly for the people of Ohio," said Ohio GOP Chairman Alex Triantafilou in a news ...

Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy won the Ohio Republican Party's endorsement a year before the 2026 primary.

Ohio Sen. Jon Husted will also seek the party's endorsement on May 9 in a less contentious vote. Husted is currently running unopposed to fill the remainder of Vice President JD Vance's Senate seat.

DeWine, who is term-limited as governor this year, ultimately chose Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Vance's U.S. Senate seat, paving the way for Ramaswamy's eventual gubernatorial run.

Ramaswamy, 39, kicked off his campaign in Cincinnati, joining the 2026 Republican primary just a month after presumed frontrunner and then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted left the running to take a U.S ...