The Trumbull County Republican Party has been in a state of flux for nearly a year with resignations from seven party officers. The recent election of new officers has done little to smooth over the divisiveness. By most accounts, Michael Bollas, elected chairman last week, is well liked and ...
With so few candidates on Tuesday’s second primary ballot, there was little suspense. Youngstown Councilwoman Lauren McNally was expected to have little trouble beating three other candidates in the Democratic primary for the 59th Ohio House District nomination, and she received 55.5 ...
The early retirement of Judge Peter J. Kontos will allow a Republican to sit on the Trumbull County Common Pleas Court bench for the first time in years — though it could be short-lived. The county Republican Party is moving swiftly to have Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, appoint a ...
It was six weeks ago today that Kenneth Kline stood before Trumbull County Republican Party’s central committee to criticize the five party officers who resigned since his election as chairman last year. “They quit on me, they quit on you, they quit on our candidates,” Kline said. He also said there’s nothing worse than losers and quitters. Kline resigned Sunday, acknowledging he didn’t consult any of the party’s officers — including his daughter, Gabrielle, who is party secretary — before making his decision. He said he talked only to his wife about ...
The $9.1 million U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan raised from donors in the second quarter for his Senate campaign is an amount never before seen in Ohio. Still, I don’t know if it’s enough to get him elected in a largely Republican state during a year expected to be terrible nationally for Democrats. ...
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that local election officials are predicting anywhere from 85 to 90 percent of eligible voters will skip the Aug. 2 primary. For many voters in Mahoning and Trumbull counties there’s no real incentive to cast a ballot. That’s because their ballots have no contested primaries. It’s hard to fault someone who doesn’t want to vote for candidates in unopposed races. If you’re a Democrat in Mahoning County and you live in the 58th Ohio House District — and realize you live in that district — your ballot has unopposed races for the state ...
