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Jon Husted Scrambles To Cover Up His Record Of Jacking Up Utility Rates for Ohioans

Husted was called “The Face Of Data Centers” and led the charge to hand out billions in tax breaks

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Now that Ohioans are learning that Jon Husted led the charge to bring a record number of data centers to Ohio, he is scrambling to cover up his record and pretend he cares about protecting families from higher utility bills. 

Husted helped cut out-of-control sweetheart tax deals and fast track approvals for corporations to build massive data centers in Ohio. CNBC even called Ohio one of the “best positioned to land AI data center deals despite rising public opposition.” 

Thanks to Husted’s push to hand billions in tax breaks to attract data centers to Ohio, utility bills are skyrocketing for families — with Ohio seeing the second largest utility rate increase in the country over the last year.

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

“Jon Husted can’t erase the fact that he is responsible for jacking up Ohioans’ utility rates — he led the charge to hand billions in tax breaks to out of state corporations building data centers in Ohio. Husted can try to cover up his record all he wants but Ohioans know the truth, and they will hold him accountable in November.” 

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Questions For Keith Faber About His Plans To Gut Ohioans’ Healthcare

COLUMBUS, OH – While Republican candidate for Attorney General Keith Faber’s campaign has refused to answer questions about his repeated recent comments that “appear to advocate ending parts of Medicaid,” the damage is already done. Despite one-third of Ohioans losing access to the Affordable Care Act under the current Republican administration, Keith Faber appears to advocate for even more cuts that would drive up costs and leave Ohio families choosing between getting sick and paying for groceries.

“If Republican candidate for Attorney General Keith Faber is going to rip healthcare away from Ohio families, the least he can do is own it,” said Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Marisa Nahem. “While Faber’s team tries to walk back time to before their candidate said the quiet part out loud, there’s no way to paper over the fact that Faber would gut the healthcare that Ohioans rely on if elected. Ohioans deserve answers from Faber, and they deserve an Attorney General who will protect Ohioans’ healthcare and make life more affordable for Ohio families.”

Following the Faber campaign’s refusal to answer basic questions about his plans to gut Ohioans’ Medicaid healthcare, Ohioans deserve answers. Here are five questions Keith Faber can start with answering – and it’s just a start: 

  1. What do you have to say to the 350,000 Ohioans who could lose their healthcare coverage as a result of Washington Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill? 
  2. Do you believe that Medicaid is a “mistake?”
  3. If a mother has to choose between getting life-saving care or feeding her child, which do you think she should choose? 
  4. One in four Ohioans depends on Medicaid. How will they get care when you rip away their healthcare? 
  5. How many more Ohioans do you estimate will have to take on second or third jobs to afford out-of-pocket health coverage? 

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Ohioans in Youngstown Call Out Jon Husted For Campaign Chair Exposed For Sexual Misconduct With Minor

Husted Campaign Chair and Mahoning County Native Forced to Resign in Disgrace

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — Today, Youngstown City Councilmembers Anita Davis and Mike Ray, and Ohio State Senate candidate Michael Kripchak, called out Jon Husted after it was revealed that Andrew Havas, a Mahoning County native and Husted campaign chair, served jail time after committing sexual misconduct with a minor.

The revelation is the latest in a disturbing pattern around Jon Husted’s top endorsers:

  • Jon Husted enlisted Havas as a chair despite his 2009 guilty plea to assaulting a minor being public record.
  • Jon Husted is still proudly touting the endorsement of State Representative Rodney Creech, who has been accused of sexual misconduct involving a minor relative, while his current Sandusky County campaign chair also came under fire for talking to young girls about their sex lives.
  • Jon Husted has also been under fire for taking more than $116,000 directly from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, including a maximum donation just a few weeks before he voted to block the release of the Epstein files.

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Ramaswamy Endorsed By Anti-Abortion Group Whose Leader Said Exceptions for Rape and Incest are “Just Wrong” and “Abominable”

Columbus, Ohio – Last week, Vivek Ramaswamy was endorsed by Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA), an extreme anti-abortion group with a stated “mission is to end abortion”, completely ignoring the constitutional amendment Ohioans overwhelmingly voted for in 2023.

SBA President Marjorie Dannenfelser called Ramaswamy “exactly the type of leader Ohio needs.” Dannenfelser has previously said exceptions for rape and incest are “just wrong” and said “the rape exception is abominable.” 

Ohioans already know Vivek Ramaswamy thinks he knows better than them when it comes to reproductive rights. NBC News reported he was endorsed by the Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, which requires “fundamental agreement” with their policy platform for an endorsement.

This platform includes a total ban on abortion and all forms of contraception.

Ramaswamy has also described himself as pro-life “without any qualification”, campaigned against Ohio’s abortion rights amendment, and chose a running mate who was the architect of the extreme laws Ohioans rejected in 2023.

“Extreme groups that want to dismantle the rights Ohioans overwhelmingly voted for are supporting Ramaswamy because he shares their out-of-touch views and contempt for Ohioans,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer. “Unfortunately for Ramaswamy, the rest of Ohio sees through his poorly disguised scams and will never vote for a candidate who thinks he knows better than the majority of Ohio voters.”

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NEW CLIP: Ramaswamy Claims Black Americans Were Better Off in the 1960s During Jim Crow

Columbus, Ohio — In an unearthed clip, Vivek Ramaswamy claimed that Black Americans were better off in the 1960s during Jim Crow, called affirmative action a “cancer on our national soul” and claimed it was “a form of psychological slavery.”

WATCH THE CLIP HERE: 

Ramaswamy: “Supposed aid from Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society that actually rolled back some of the benefits that Black families enjoyed, like a stable family foundation in the 1960s, no longer the case today in part because the government gave them an incentive to live in single-parent households rather than dual-parent households. Affirmative Action, effectively a cancer on our national soul in part because it’s a form of psychological slavery that holds Black Americans back by teaching them they can’t get ahead without actually someone giving them a boost.”

This isn’t Ramaswamy’s first out-of-touch comment about Black Americans. In an unearthed racist, anti-abortion rant, Ramaswamy said that “a Black baby is probably safer in the inner city of Chicago than in the womb of his own Black mother.”

“Once again, Vivek Ramaswamy has revealed his disgusting views of Black Americans. He’s out of touch with Black Ohioans and would rather disparage them than do anything to lower costs, tackle corruption or fight for working families. Ohio cannot afford Vivek Ramaswamy,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer.

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