In The News

You're invited! We're excited to announce that on Tuesday August 8th we are having a Virtual Election Night Watch Call (and, we hope, party)! The eyes of the country are focused on Ohio right now, and we'll be joining together (virtually) to watch...

Over the course of the election, we saw so many folks like you pour their heart and soul into this election. Phone banks, text banks, door knocks, postcards – doing everything everywhere. And while many of the national results were uplifting, in Ohio the outcome was...

By Nick Corasaniti, Oct. 10, 2022 EASTPOINTE, Mich. — The conversation started with potholes. Veronica Klinefelt, a Democratic candidate for State Senate in suburban Detroit, was out knocking on doors as she tries to win a seat her party sees as critical for taking...

Gaslit Nation, October 5, 2022 David Pepper has witnessed Ohio devolve into an electoral autocracy where extreme Republican gerrymandering ensures that the results of the state elections are pre-determined. This is happening across the country in so-called red states,...

This month we're joined by special guest and Youngstown, Ohio native Ed O'Neill! You may have laughed along with him as Al Bundy in Married With Children, or as Jay Pritchett on Modern Family. But he agrees: what Republicans are doing in Ohio is no laughing matter....

Nathan Hart, Report for America Corps Member, September 16, 2022 ASHLAND — Democrat Drew Burge of Brunswick has raised more than $3,629 — the majority of which came from a Political Action Committee — for his bid for the 67th Ohio House District, according to campaign...

Interview with David Pepper, Blue Ohio co-founder, attorney and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic party, conducted by Scott Harris As the House Committee investigating Donald Trump’s failed Jan. 6 coup attempt continues to gather new evidence of the former...

Even in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congress. By Jane Mayer August 6, 2022 Ohio’s voters are moderate, but its legislature is to the right of South Carolina’s....

Another Unconstitutional Map The Ohio Supreme Court just ruled that the maps submitted by the Redistricting Committee violate our state Constitution, because they are unconstitutional gerrymanders. Again. This is the sixth time that the Court has stricken down the...

Last week, amidst the dumpster fire that was the last SCOTUS term, we got the news that it will hear a case that centers on the Independent State Legislature ("ISL") theory.  That's ... not good. Let’s talk about what ISL is, why it’s setting off...