YOUNGSTOWN — Ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Ohio — as another poll shows the Buckeye State is in play — the Ohio Democratic Party hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown, as well as workers and community members impacted by the closing of the General Motors plant in Lordstown.

Workers Got Screwed; GM Got Massive Tax Cut COLUMBUS — In what might be the perfect summation of the Trump presidency, Vice President Mike Pence is showing up in Ohio for a photo op years too late to help save the thousands of jobs that were lost when General Motors shuttered their Lordstown factory. “The

Ohio’s Economy Was Struggling Pre-Coronavirus; Manufacturing Jobs Down 80K+ From One Year Ago COLUMBUS — The newly released state jobs report for last month shows that Ohio’s unemployment rate of 13.7 percent is more than triple the rate from May 2019 and higher than the national average, as tens of thousands of Ohioans are still

Number of Uninsured Ohioans Increased During Trump Administration COLUMBUS — In the five years since Donald Trump went down the escalator at Trump Tower to kick off his presidential campaign, Ohio has lost nearly 675,000 jobs and had its worst year for jobs since the Great Recession in 2019 — long before the coronavirus crisis

COLUMBUS – In a 6-3 decision with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal justices, the court today ruled that federal civil rights laws protect LGBTQ Americans from workplace discrimination — a decision at odds with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who opposed equality for LGBTQ workers. “Discrimination

COLUMBUS — As Donald Trump tries to push false claims about the economy, the Ohio Democratic Party is pushing back, releasing a new video today on the “Trump Recession” — which was officially declared as starting in February, but began much sooner in the Buckeye State, which lost 12,500 jobs last year. America is in

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper in response to today’s announcement that Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton is resigning: “We are all grateful for the leadership shown by Dr. Amy Acton during the coronavirus crisis and her unmatched strength and determination in protecting the health and

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party executive committee voted unanimously today to declare racism as a public health crisis and to support voting rights and call for a safe, fair and accessible election this November. “At this critical inflection point in our nation’s history, African Americans are confronting two crises — the coronavirus pandemic and

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today released a new video contrasting Donald Trump’s lies and broken promises with the disastrous economic reality in the Buckeye State, where over the last 11 weeks nearly 1.3 million workers have filed for unemployment — that’s more than the last three years combined. “Last year was Ohio’s worst

In case you missed it… A new Fox News poll shows Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the all-important battleground state of Ohio; this is the third poll in four months to find Biden leading the president in the Buckeye State. An NBC News/Marist poll from mid-March found Biden leading Trump, 49 percent to