Election 2024

State Senator Niraj Antani has served Ohio’s 6th Senate District since 2021, serving as Ohio’s youngest Senator and the 1st Indian American State Senator in Ohio history. He previously served as a State Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives for 6 years.

Antani, Roegner announce bids to run for Ohio treasurer

Voters fill out their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2025 at the election poll in Perrin Wood Elementary in Springfield. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Donahue’s petitions invalid; 4 will run for 3 Springfield City Commission seats

The Springfield City Commission during a special meeting Monday, August 5, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Five seeking three city commission seats; Brown, Estrop won’t seek reelection

Tecumseh Local School District Board of Education held a meeting on Nov. 19. Brooke Spurlock/Staff

Tecumseh schools to try $2M renewal levy in May after November voter rejection

$In this file photo, a Xenia resident votes Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 at the Xenia Grace Chapel in Greene County. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF$

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Year after state action, latest Greene County election problem to be reviewed

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, left, greeting his mother Beverly Vance, right, during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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JD Vance’s mother asks Middletown to recognize son’s victory with Trump

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters at an election night gathering in West Palm Beach early Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Trump rode a promise to smash the American status quo to win the presidency for a second time on Wednesday, surviving a criminal conviction, indictments, an assassin’s bullet, accusations of authoritarianism and an unprecedented switch of his opponent to complete a remarkable return to power. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

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Two local people will vote as official Ohio electors for Trump

Clark County residents wait in line to cast their vote at Tecumseh High School early on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

County commission winner Patterson: Will listen to all, won’t be far right or left

FILE — An attendee during a campaign event with Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, at Cordes Inc. in Byron Center, Mich., Aug. 14, 2024. Donald Trump has branded himself as a “blue-collar billionaire” who embraces irreverence and wears trucker hats. (Emily Elconin/The New York Times)

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Analysis: Trump, GOP victories statewide and locally historic

How DeWine will choose Vance’s replacement to represent Ohio in U.S. Senate after VP...

The 4-3 decision released Friday fond the Ohioans for Concealed Carry and Buckeye Firearms Foundation had suffered no harm in a case the justices heard despite that the Columbus City Council had repealed its ordinance a year ago, telling the court that made the case moot. DORAL CHENOWETH III / THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Republican candidates win all three Ohio Supreme Court races

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Ohio Ethics Commission settlements from 2020

10 government officials reprimanded for violating Ohio ethics law in 2024

A crowd of supporters gather to hear Vivek Ramaswamy announce his candidacy for Ohio governor at this first of four stop announcement tour Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 at CTL Aerospace in West Chester Twp. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Ramaswamy officially jumps into Ohio governor race; ‘America is back and it feels...

A cultivation room at Pure Ohio Wellness' medical marijuana grow facility in Clark County. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Bill would overhaul Ohio’s recreational cannabis laws

$The new k-12 Valley View schools building. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

State budget proposes slashing public school funding while increasing voucher funds

Springfield City Commissioner Krystal Brown denounced racist comments made at the city's meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. JESSICA OROZCO/STAFF

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City officials push back against racist insults to Haitians at public meeting

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10 government officials reprimanded for violating Ohio ethics law in 2024

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Ramaswamy officially jumps into Ohio governor race; ‘America is back and it feels...

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Bill would overhaul Ohio’s recreational cannabis laws

$The new k-12 Valley View schools building. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

State budget proposes slashing public school funding while increasing voucher funds

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City officials push back against racist insults to Haitians at public meeting

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Donahue’s petitions invalid; 4 will run for 3 Springfield City Commission seats

12 people carrying swastika flags and rifles while wearing ski masks walked around downtown Springfield during the Jazz & Blues Fest on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. Contributed

City of Springfield, residents sue Blood Tribe neo-Nazi group in federal court

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Five seeking three city commission seats; Brown, Estrop won’t seek reelection

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. The act directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Trump’s federal funding freeze: What just happened, in four quick steps

People enter the Clark County Department of Job and Family Services Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Memo freezing federal funds halted; Clark County describes what it would have meant

Vilès Dorsainvil, president of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, hears a lot of concerns from the Haitian community about Trump's immigration orders. JESSICA OROZCO/STAFF

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Springfield Haitian leader, immigration attorney describe Trump orders’ impact

A rendering shows the possible new Brent Spence Bridge and companion bridge that will span from Cincinnati in Ohio to Covington in Kentucky. Photo by: KYTC and ODOT

Brent Spence Bridge work could face delay over Trump order, environmental claim

Ohio Attorney General Yost starts campaign for governor

Former Dayton-area lawmaker Antani makes Ohio secretary of state bid official

In this photo taken from a federal criminal complaint filing, Brandon and Stephanie Miller are allegedly show in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

Jan. 6 pardons: Trump clemency affecting more than a dozen locals accused in Capitol riot

President Donald Trump pauses while signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, following his inauguration as the 47th president. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Trump executive orders: What are they and what do they mean?

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New law allows Ohio school kids to be expelled for longer period

Dr. David Estrop speaks during the Mayor's Breakfast after being honored as a Transplant Hero Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Update: 5 pull petitions for Springfield city commission race; Estrop won’t run

Lawmakers and advocates crowd around Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, as the Republican signs a bill establishing social "grooming" as a criminal offense in Ohio.

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Governor signs bill creating criminal charges for ‘grooming’

JD Vance speaks to media after voting with his wife and kids in Cincinnati. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

PHOTOS: JD Vance's journey and ascent to Vice President of the United States

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Gov. Jon Husted react during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted closes in on U.S. Senate appointment, reports say

DeWine signs bill allowing police to charge $75 per hour of bodycam footage

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Ohio’s 5 biggest political stories from 2024

This is the front of the North Hampton Village Offices, 250 W. Clark St. The local mayor's court is in session twice a month. ED RICHTER/STAFF

Future of Ohio villages threatened under new Ohio law

Law would charge Ohioans $75/hour for police bodycam video; DeWine mulls veto

File - First responders flashed "Goodnight Lights" for Dayton Children’s Hospital patients on July 9, 2020. While the tradition began in September 2018, it took on a special meaning during the COVID-19 pandemic as measures to limit the spread of infection meant few visitors for the young patients beyond a parent or legal guardian. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

DeWine signs the Never Alone Act into law; Patients will be entitled access to an...

State Sen. Niraj Antani, R-6th District, listens during a debate in the Senate Chambers in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

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October is Hindu Heritage Month after Ohio passes Dayton senator’s bill

FILE - The Ohio Statehouse cupola is seen in Columbus, Ohio, on April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

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Ohio law allows longer expulsions for school hit lists, dangerous threats

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Ohio makes ‘grooming’ a criminal offense

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio at an event Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

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Lie of the Year: PolitiFact singles out Trump/Vance, Springfield, ‘eating pets’

Tecumseh schools to try $2M renewal levy in May after November voter rejection

$In this file photo, a Xenia resident votes Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 at the Xenia Grace Chapel in Greene County. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF$

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Year after state action, latest Greene County election problem to be reviewed

FILE - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks during an election night watch party, Nov. 8, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's top lawyer has advised the state's public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

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Ohio on cusp of granting AG Dave Yost new power to reject citizen amendments

Ohio lawmakers want to make sure you’re ‘never alone’ when getting care

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Last-ditch effort for ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ fails in Ohio House

FILE — A COVID-19 booster is administered at the Portage Park Senior Center in Chicago, Sept. 13, 2022. In nearly two dozen interviews by The New York Times, voters who like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say he shares their grievances about health care and share their interest in alternative medicines and natural remedies. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

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Ohio House moves closer on bill that would let Ohioans refuse vaccines without punishment

Dennis Blank, a pharmacist currently practicing part-time for the Medicine Shoppe of Urbana, testifying before the Ohio House Insurance Committee on Dec. 4, 2024, in favor of H.B. 505, or the Community Pharmacy Protection Act. COURTESY OF THE OHIO CHANNEL

‘Customers are panicking’; Pharmacists make their case for reining in pharmacy benefit...

FILE - Buttons in support of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, sit on display at a rally held by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

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Ohio won’t have another Issue 1 on the ballot in near future

Springfield plans to outsource city income tax collection; workers frustrated

$Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was joined by Dom Tiberi of the Maria Tiberi Foundation to announce a new driver training initiative Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 at the High Street Church of the Nazarene Clark County. The initiative will primarily focus on teaching members of the migrant population the skills of safe driving. Dom Tiberi (left) and his wife, Maria, who have donated several driving simulators, stand with DeWine and Springfield Mayor Rob Rue while they watch Van Burns operate one of the simulators. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Haitian driving: Springfield area gets 10 new simulators for driver training

$Pastor Fontil Daity, asked Gov. Mike DeWine questions about the Haitian community Dec. 5, 2024 during a press conference at the High Street Church of the Nazarene. Gov. DeWine was in Springfield to announce a new driver training initiative in Clark County. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

DeWine: Haitian immigrants welcome in Springfield; pastor says some are leaving

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JD Vance’s mother asks Middletown to recognize son’s victory with Trump

Ohio House approves ‘unfunded mandate’ pension boost for police, firefighters

$Group home in Dayton. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Area lawmakers outline plan for group home reform after problems in Dayton area

In May trustees of the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund will debate plans to scrap its current health care system in favor of issueing stipends to each retiree, who then can use the money to purchase coverage. The plan is designed to help boster the fund, which is slated to run dry in nine years if nothing is done. JAROD THRUSH/STAFF

Local mayors oppose paying more to Ohio police pensions as vote looms