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NEW MEMO: ‘Face Of Data Centers’ Jon Husted Begs For Billionaires And Corporations To Bail Out Failing Campaign

NRSC MEMO: ‘More than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted’s neck.’

COLUMBUS, OHIO — A new NRSC memo out today shows that Jon Husted — “the face of data centers”— is being crushed for leading the charge to bring hundreds of massive, power-hungry facilities to Ohio that have sent electricity rates skyrocketing.

Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:

“After leading the charge to bring hundreds of data centers to Ohio, Jon Husted is now being crushed by his toxic record that has sent electricity rates soaring for families. Now Husted is begging the industry to come and bail him out, but it won’t work — and Ohioans will hold him accountable for jacking up their utility bills in November.”

Read more about how Jon Husted led the charge to bring data centers to Ohio: 

  • Jon Husted played such a large role in bringing data centers to Ohio, the editor of the Plain Dealer referred to Husted as “the face of data centers.”
  • When he was Lt. Governor, Husted led the charge to give billions in out-of-control tax breaks to out-of-state corporations building data centers in Ohio.
  • According to the Plain Dealer, Husted was “a data center’s best friend” and “spent years rolling out the red carpet” for these massive corporations to come to Ohio.
  • Now, three months away from an election, Husted is “suddenly positioning himself as the guy who’s going to rein them in.”

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John Kulewicz Calls For Investigation Of Ties Between JobsOhio And Intel, Keith Faber “Hasn’t Responded To Questions On The Matter”

COLUMBUS, OH – While John Kulewicz is showing Ohioans the relentless commitment to taking on corruption that he’ll bring to the Attorney General’s office, Keith Faber is once again refusing to comment. Instead of following John Kulewicz’s lead, calling out potential conflicts of interest and demanding accountability for the big corporations that work to line their pockets at Ohioans’ expense, Keith Faber is making sure Ohioans know that he isn’t willing to answer questions on the matter – and he isn’t willing to stand up for Ohio families.

“Ohioans deserve an Attorney General who will take on the corruption that is raising costs for Ohio families – and Keith Faber makes clear every day that he is not that person,” said Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Marisa Nahem. “While John Kulewicz is showing his commitment to taking on corruption and protecting Ohio families, Keith Faber is showing time and again that he can’t even be counted on to respond to basic questions, let alone be trusted to take on bad actors that are lining their pockets while Ohioans foot the bill. Ohioans know they can’t trust Faber, and they’re going to reject him and reject Republicans’ culture of corruption in November.”

This isn’t the first time that Faber has refused to comment on the issues that matter most to Ohio families – and refusing to respond to questions has become a staple of Ohio Republicans’ campaigns heading into Election Day. Faber specifically has been slammed as “tone deaf” for his “unconscionable” refusal to commit to continuing the FirstEnergy case, and his response when pushed on it: he conveniently couldn’t be reached for comment. Faber’s campaign also went into hiding after he made comments“that sounded supportive of ending at least some parts of Ohio Medicaid,” with reporting emphasizing that “Faber’s campaign did not clarify his comments.”

Read more on Faber’s latest refusal to comment – and how, in contrast, John Kulewicz isn’t just talking the talk, he’s walking the walk in working to take on the corruption that is raising costs for Ohio families:

Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio attorney general candidate calls for investigation of ties between JobsOhio and Intel

  • One candidate for Ohio attorney general is calling for the state inspector general to investigate new revelations about ties between the head of the state’s quasi-public economic development agency JobsOhio, the governor’s office, and Intel, a company that has received millions.
  • The other candidate hasn’t responded to questions about the matter.
  • John Kulewicz, the Democratic nominee for AG, last week amended his complaint to Ohio Inspector General Randall J. Meyer with details of other possible conflicts of interest on the part of Josh Rubin, a lobbyist who chairs the board of JobsOhio, that were reported last week by the Capital Journal. 
  • A spokesman for Keith Faber, Kulewicz’s Republican opponent in the attorney general’s race, didn’t respond to questions for this story.
  • A spokesman for DeWine said Rubin’s multiple roles didn’t amount to a conflict. Despite being registered to lobby JobsOhio for Intel, his “activity and expense” filings show he actively lobbied the governor’s office on the Intel project, while he made no such filings regarding JobsOhio, DeWine Press Secretary Dan Tierney said.
  • In emailed responses to written questions, Kulewicz disagreed, saying, “This is an apparent conflict of interest. And at a time when we urgently need to restore public confidence in government, this also creates a clear appearance of impropriety. When you take on a job like this and answer the call to public service, you do so knowing that you can only serve the People of Ohio. You can’t serve both the public and the powerful.”
  • Faber’s spokesman was sent the same questions as the Kulewicz campaign. He didn’t respond.
     

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ICYMI: OH10 And OH15 Shift Towards Democrats In Race Rating As All Eyes Are On Ohio

In Latest Move, Cook Political Report Shifts OH10 and OH15 Towards Democrats

COLUMBUS, OH – In another alarming sign for Ohio Republicans, Cook Political Report moved OH10 and OH15 congressional races towards Democrats at a time when “Republicans are struggling up and down the ballot in the Rust Belt state.” This follows recent analysis that emphasized that thanks to Donald Trump’s disastrous economic policies, his political problems could have “metastasized and spread to infect Republican candidates on the November ballot in swing states and districts.” In a desperate attempt to overcome the fact that Ohioans are rejecting Ohio Republicans and their devastating economic agenda, “Republicans now say they’ll spend tens of millions of dollars in Ohio races they once were heavily favored to win this fall.”

“If for some reason Ohio Republicans aren’t in full-blown panic mode, they certainly should be,” said Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Marisa Nahem. “While Republicans like Mike Turner, Mike Carey, and Max Miller are left to own Washington Republicans’ devastating economic policies that are raising costs for Ohio families and ripping away their healthcare, Ohioans are supporting leaders like Kristina Knickerbocker, Don Leonard, and Brian Poindexter. Come November, Ohioans of all political backgrounds are going to send strong Democratic leaders to Washington to lower costs for Ohioans, take on Republicans’ corruption, and make sure Ohio’s 7th, 10th, and 15th districts finally have representatives who put working families first.”

While Ohio “has become one of the GOP’s biggest headaches for the midterms,” Kristina Knickerbocker and Don Leonard continue building momentum in their races to challenge Mike Turner and Mike Carey respectively. In addition to OH10 and OH15, the OH07 congressional race has sparked national attention with all three major nonpartisan race raters — Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball — shifting the race in Democrat Brian Poindexter’s direction to “Toss-Up” in a span of less than 24 hours. 

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This Week in #OHGov: Vivek Ramaswamy’s Big Biotech Scheme Revealed

Columbus, Ohio- There are less than three months to go until the November election, and it just keeps looking worse for Vivek Ramaswamy. This week, new reporting revealed Ramaswamy hired his own mother to “massage” data from a failed trial for an Alzheimer’s drug, and his former bodyguard pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. Ramaswamy was caught calling the privatization of Social Security a “reasonable conversation to have” and calling the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters “small” and not “important.”

“Pump-and-Dump Scheme” Revealed: New reporting revealed Vivek Ramaswamy’s role in a “kind of pump and dump” scheme that gave patients and their families suffering from Alzheimer’s false hope and cost his investors hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ramaswamy served as “the frontman” for a “dubious pharmaceutical company” and “cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash.” He hired his own mother to “massage” data from failed clinical trials to make the drug look promising, despite her lack of clinical trial experience. Ramaswamy used his own mother’s analysis to secure himself a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars. 

Bodyguard Blues Back Again: Ramaswamy’s bodyguard and his wife pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges following their arrest in late 2025 for participating in a “narcotics conspiracy involving bulk amounts of fentanyl and meth.” Meanwhile, Ramaswamy is pushing a “property tax scam” that would defund the police and fire departments on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic across the state. How can Ohioans trust Ramaswamy to protect Ohio families?

Ramaswamy’s New Social Security Scam: Just ahead of the 91st Anniversary of the Social Security Act signing, an unearthed clip showed Ramaswamy claim privatizing Social Security — gambling with millions of Ohioans’ retirement benefits on the stock market — is a “reasonable conversation to have.” Privatizing Social Security would leave Ohioans more vulnerable to market changes as they’re already grappling with higher costs. Ramaswamy can’t be trusted to protect our Social Security.

Jealousy Looks Bad on Ramaswamy: In a recent clip, Ramaswamy refers to first responders in the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters as “small” and not “important” after addressing their endorsement of Dr. Acton. Ramaswamy makes his anti-worker views clear as he blatantly disrespects the first responders who put their lives on the line to keep Ohioans safe. 

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NEW REPORTING: Jon Husted Protected Neglectful Nursing Homes Accused of Elder Abuse and Wrongful Death

Husted has taken more than $1 million from nursing home industry executives and lobbyists

COLUMBUS, OHIO — New reporting from NBC 4 Columbus reveals that Jon Husted has taken “more than a million dollars from the nursing home industry, executives, and lobbyists” after he pushed for the passage of legislation that “shielded Ohio nursing homes from liability, even in wrongful death and abuse cases.” 

WATCH HERE: 

Transcript: 

Colleen Marshall, WCMH: His example is Senator Jon Husted, who years ago was a state lawmaker who co-sponsored a bill to shield Ohio nursing homes from liability, even in wrongful death and abuse cases. Since then, Husted has accepted more than a million dollars in campaign contributions from the nursing home industry, its executives, and lobbyists.

Norm Wernet, President of Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans: It is wrong to see that somebody like Senator Husted, when he was in the legislature, would co-sponsor a bill that, in fact, avoided the liability on the nursing homes. 

Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:

“Jon Husted said Ohioans’ work ethic is broken and championed legislation to slash Social Security and Medicare — and now reporting reveals he protected the abusive nursing home industry after taking more than $1 million from its lobbyists. Jon Husted sided with special interests over Ohio seniors, and he can’t be trusted.”

Jon Husted can’t be trusted to fight for Ohio seniors:

  • Jon Husted protected nursing homes facing lawsuits for wrongful death and elder abuse, pushing through an industry-backed bill when he served in the state legislature. 
  • Husted has taken more than $1 million from nursing home executives and lobbyists throughout his career, including more than $34,000 for his Senate campaign. 
  • Husted championed legislation that would force massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare, which millions of Ohio seniors rely on. 

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