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Half a million Ohioans could lose Medicaid coverage in next decade

COLUMBUS, OH – According to reporting, “recent cuts in funding from Ohio’s Medicaid budget will force more than a half a million Ohioans off the program in the next decade and threaten the closure of 31 hospitals and clinics in Ohio.” 

Reminder: Ohio Republicans are responsible for ripping health care away from Ohio families so they can pay for more tax breaks for billionaires and corporate special interests. 

• In the Senate, Jon Husted has voted 9 times to increase health care premiums on Ohio families. Because of Husted’s votes, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans will see their health care costs rise over $800 a year.
• While Ohioans “decry” Ohio Republicans’ votes in Congress to rip health care – and food assistance – from Ohio families, politicians like Mike Turner couldn’t be bothered to comment.

Read more HERE from Statehouse News Bureau on how Republicans’ health care cuts are not only devastating for the millions of Ohioans who rely on Medicaid, but also “will increase stress on emergency rooms, and rural patients will have to travel to get medical care.”

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COLUMBUS, OH – New reporting is further detailing Republican candidate for Ohio Treasurer Jay Edwards’ long record relating to the FirstEnergy scandal, which is raising costs for Ohio families by $663 more a year on their utility bills. In addition to voting for House Bill 6, Edwards was included in reporting from the FirstEnergy trial, and was even asked at the time to step down from House leadership over his connection to Larry Householder.

“Corruption is running rampant in Columbus after decades of Republican control, and right in the center of it all is Jay Edwards, who stood by disgraced former Speaker Householder throughout the FirstEnergy bribery scandal,” said Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Marisa Nahem. “With his strong ties to the largest public corruption scandal in Ohio history, Ohioans know they can’t trust Jay Edwards to stand up to corruption and safeguard taxpayer dollars as Ohio Treasurer.”

Read more on Edwards’ record as questions “loom” over his involvement with the FirstEnergy scandal that is raising energy costs for Ohio families:

TiffinOhio: Jay Edwards’ ties to Larry Householder, HB 6 vote, and ethics questions loom over Ohio Treasurer bid

• Former state Rep. Jay Edwards, the Republican nominee for Ohio treasurer, would manage roughly $280 billion in state assets if elected on Nov. 3. The record he brings to that campaign includes a vote for House Bill 6, an FBI-recorded dinner with former Speaker Larry Householder and an indicted lobbyist, a $200 personal check to the dark money entity at the center of the bribery scheme, a vote against expelling Householder after his racketeering indictment, FBI recordings released in a 2025 documentary, a public records dispute over deleted text messages, a censure from his own state party, and a 2025 financial disclosure listing dozens of gifts the candidate now says he probably never received.

Read more HERE.

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“We are welcoming Republicans, independents, and Democrats to this campaign. Our message is not… a partisan one. We are working to lower costs for Ohio families and get our state turned around.”

COLUMBUS, OH – With all eyes on Ohio and competitive elections in every corner of our state up and down the ballot, Ohioans are reading about how the Ohio Democratic Party launched the historic OhioWins coordinated campaign. This campaign will be mobilizing in all 88 counties to elect Democrats who will lower costs for Ohio families, protect Ohioans’ freedoms, and grow our state, and will also work tirelessly to educate voters and protect Ohioans’ right to vote.

Read more below about the launch of the OhioWins coordinated campaign from Statehouse News Bureau and an opinion piece featured in the Columbus Dispatch penned by Ohio Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Clyde:

Columbus Dispatch: Democrats have a solid plan to win Ohio. It has Republicans spending like crazy | Opinion

• From sky-high costs for nearly every aspect of daily life to the feeling that our freedoms and even our right to vote are more at risk than ever before, Ohioans know that we need to get our state back on track, and they are already turning out at historic rates for our strong Democratic candidates.
• Ohio Democrats have launched our OhioWins coordinated campaign to build on that momentum, and to connect with Ohioans of all political backgrounds around our mission to elect Democratic leaders who will lower costs, protect our freedoms and improve life for the many families across our state who are struggling.
• This election will play a critical role in deciding our state’s future, and our country’s future, too – that’s why national Republicans are spending more here than in any other state in the country to try to beat Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, who is fighting to reform a rigged system to help hardworking Ohioans.
• It’s why Vivek Ramaswamy is already spending millions of dollars attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton, a leader with one-of-a-kind bipartisan credentials who knows firsthand what it’s like to grow up under tough circumstances and has the commonsense vision to support Ohio families.
• We need leaders who will work tirelessly to make things better, not politicians like Republican Sen. Jon Husted who voted nine times against lowering health care costs and put rural hospitals at risk to pay for tax breaks for corporate special interests and billionaires – and who was at the center of the largest bribery scandal in Ohio history that has raised utility rates by $663 a year.
• Not billionaire Washington insiders – like Ramaswamy who flies around on his private jet touting his plans to consolidate Ohio’s incredible colleges and universities, and who called Ohio workers “lazy,” said the Medicare and Medicaid that Ohioans rely on is a “mistake,” and claimed the high “perceived” cost of living is only in Ohioans’ imagination.
• This OhioWins coordinated campaign isn’t just for Democrats – it’s for Republicans and Independents too. As we’ve seen across the country in recent months, in blue, purple and red communities – even the state House district that’s home to Mar-a-Lago – voters are connecting with our winning message and electing Democratic leaders who are running to lower costs.
• Ohioans are going to send that message loud and clear come November – because when Ohio elects Democratic leaders who will lower costs and protect our freedoms, OhioWins.

Statehouse News Bureau: Forward to fall: Democrats investing in new voter outreach as Republicans work to hold Ohio

• Democrats in Ohio think this year they will turn the state from red to blue…or at least to purple. And part of that effort is a new coordinated campaign the state party is pursing. But they’ll be fighting Republicans who will be working to hang onto control of the state.
• “We saw a historic turnout on the Democratic gubernatorial primary, higher voter turnout,” Clyde said in an interview. “The highest voter turnout that we’ve seen since 2006, which was a strong year for Democrats, winning all of the statewide offices except for one.”
• Clyde said the “Ohio Wins” campaign will use a state-of-the-art data and analytics team to ensure voter contact efforts are microtargeted to specific voters, along with a website to keep voters informed and allow them to volunteer to be part of the process. Clyde said the party has been out talking to voters in all 88 counties, including in areas where it hasn’t been strong, including rural areas and cities where support has dropped off in recent years.
• “We are staffing up, we have staff deployed around the state, and we’ll be increasing that presence, doing a strong field operation, voter protection, data and operations, and doing the work to get our message out to voters all across the state,” Clyde said, noting 20 staff members have been hired—most from Ohio—and more will be. “We are welcoming Republicans, independents, and Democrats, to, this campaign. Our message is not a necessarily a partisan one. We are working to lower costs for Ohio families and get our state turned around.”
• Clyde said there will be a record-setting investment in infrastructure to protect ballot access, including the hiring of a voter access director.

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COLUMBUS, OH – Despite more than 90% of Ohio teachers being in a union, Republican candidate for Congress in OH-13 Carey Coleman is launching his general election campaign by telling Ohio Teachers Unions to “go to hell.”

“Carey Coleman telling the over 90% of Ohio teachers who belong to a union to ‘go to hell,’ is not only offensive, but it’s reflective of a politician who doesn’t value our educators and doesn’t care about supporting Ohio students,” said Ohio Democratic Party Communications Director Marisa Nahem. “Ohio educators not only teach students in the classroom, they support students in after school programs, on the playing field, and in gaining the skills to help them to be successful in wherever their future takes them, whether that be college, trade school, military service, and more. Coleman is the wrong leader for Northeast Ohio – and while he told Ohio educators to ‘go to hell,’ Ohioans are going to send him a message too come November.”

In case you missed it, read more on Coleman’s message to Ohio educators as he kicks off the general election:

TiffinOhio: Ohio GOP congressional candidate vowed teachers’ unions can ‘go to hell’ 

• Carey Coleman won the Republican primary for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District on May 5 — National Teacher Day — and the newly minted GOP nominee is heading into the general election with on-camera comments telling teachers’ unions to “go to hell.”

• A recording from Coleman’s campaign launch event, reviewed by TiffinOhio.net, captured him saying he wanted “to make damn sure if I have any ability in Congress to enact policy to tell these, for one, national teachers unions to go to hell.” In the same remarks, he accused the unions of having “hijacked our education.”

• 91.7% of Ohio teachers are union members

• If Coleman’s pledge is meant as a policy goal, it would put him at odds with the overwhelming majority of Ohio’s public school workforce. The most recent state-level figures from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Teacher and Principal Survey show 91.7% of Ohio public school teachers were members of a union or similar employee association in 2017-18 — among the highest rates in the country and well above the national figure of 69.4%.

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COLUMBUS, OH – With all eyes on Ohio and competitive elections in every corner of our state up and down the ballot, the Ohio Democratic Party is launching OhioWins, an historic coordinated campaign that will be mobilizing in all 88 counties to elect Democrats who will lower costs for Ohio families, protect Ohioans’ freedoms, and grow our state. OhioWins will also work tirelessly to educate voters and protect Ohioans’ right to vote.

“I’m thrilled to launch the OhioWins coordinated campaign as it hits the ground running to connect with Ohioans around our winning message and commonsense plans to lower costs, protect our freedoms, and grow our communities,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Clyde. “Ohioans know that Republicans in Columbus and in Washington are only making life more difficult and more expensive for Ohio families, and we’re already seeing incredible energy around our Democratic candidates, from Sherrod Brown and Dr. Amy Acton to our Democratic Congress members and leaders down the ballot. There is a place for Ohioans of all political backgrounds in our coordinated campaign, and I look forward to all that our Democratic coordinated campaign will do in the days to come to help Ohioans win in November and beyond.”

“The stakes in this election couldn’t be higher and our coordinated campaign is going to be connecting with Ohioans in every corner of our state around the importance of electing Democrats up and down the ballot who will lower costs, protect our freedoms, and help ensure that everyone can thrive in our communities,” said OhioWins Democratic Coordinated Campaign Director Katey Fairchild. “When Democrats mobilize everywhere, we can win anywhere – a message that Ohioans of all political stripes are going to send loud and clear in November, and every day until then as they join with our coordinated campaign to make clear that the status quo in Columbus and in Washington isn’t working for working families.”

OhioWins is an historic effort, mobilizing everywhere to support Democratic leaders in competitive elections for Senate, Governor, House, and down the ballot throughout Ohio.

• OhioWins is launching with a foundation of more than 20 staffers already on the ground, including individuals focused on organizing, voter access, data, and operations – a majority of those staffers having Ohio ties. OhioWins will continue hiring to build an aggressive operation in all 88 Ohio counties in the days to come.
• Members of the coordinated campaign are organizing key constituencies with staffers already on board focused on connecting with Ohioans in: urban areas, rural areas, and on Ohio’s campuses.
• With strong candidates at the top of the ticket – and all the way down the ballot – organizers are on board who have specific focuses on defending our congressional incumbents in frontline races.
• In addition to a strong field operation, the coordinated campaign is investing in record-setting infrastructure to protect access to the ballot box for Ohioans, including the hiring of a Voter Access Director and additional staff. 
• OhioWins will deploy a state-of-the-art data and analytics team that ensures voter contact efforts are microtargeted to the exact voters that will carry Ohio Democrats to victory in 2026

Ohioans interested in supporting OhioWins can visit [website].

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