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Mahoning County election turnout was abysmal

Turnout in odd-year primaries is typically bad, and this was no exception. It was 9.76 percent in Mahoning County and 15.32 percent in Trumbull County. Those aren’t percentages of county residents or even all registered voters. That’s just those who were eligible to vote. In Mahoning County, there were 48,825 people who were eligible to vote in the primary. Of that number, 4,763 voted. It was a little better in Trumbull County. Of the 85,454 registered voters eligible to vote in Trumbull, 13,090 voted. Stephanie Penrose, Trumbull County Board of Elections director, had ...

Turnout poor for primary

Turnout in odd-year primaries is typically bad, and this was no exception. It was 9.76 percent in Mahoning County and 15.32 percent in Trumbull County. Those aren't percentages of county residents or even all registered voters. That's just those who were eligible to vote. In Mahoning County, there were 48,825 people who were eligible to vote in the primary. Of that number, 4,763 voted. It was a little better in Trumbull County. Of the 85,454 registered voters eligible to vote in Trumbull, 13,090 voted. Stephanie Penrose, Trumbull County Board of Elections director, had predicted 15 ...

Backing Moreno won’t scare others

As a U.S. senator for less than five months, Republican J.D. Vance is hardly in a position to be a kingmaker. But he’s giving it a try, endorsing Westlake businessman Bernie Moreno in next year’s Republican primary for Ohio’s other Senate seat held by Democrat Sherrod Brown. In his ...

Money is key to LaRose’s Senate bid

If Secretary of State Frank LaRose believes he can raise the money needed to financially compete, he said he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2024. LaRose told me he will decide by summer, but he talked as if he will run. He said: “It’s not a question of desire. It’s not a question of whether my heart’s in it. It’s a question of practicality and building the kind of support necessary to do it. Would I love to serve in the U.S. Senate? I absolutely would.” Two other Republicans declared their candidacy to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, in next ...

Senate race draws big bucks

The election for U.S. Senate is next year, and it’s already shaping up as an expensive race. Incumbent Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, raised $3.5 million from donors during the first three months of the year, according to his latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. It’s the most raised from donors by an Ohio candidate in the first quarter of the year before an election. It’s also about three times as much as Democrat Tim Ryan raised in the first quarter of 2021 — $1.2 million — the year before the 2022 election for Senate. That was before Ryan officially announced his ...

Count on large Senate race

Cleveland-area businessman Bernie Moreno will be the next Republican to declare his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Sherrod Brown, but he won't be the last. Moreno filed a statement of candidacy this week with the Federal Election Commission and will almost ...