Ohio Matters From Cleveland.com

Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken talks about how she became state party leader — with a huge assist from Donald Trump — the GOP's need to recruit women to run for office and why she prefers to operate behind the scenes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aftab Pureval, Hamiltion County's clerk of courts and the Democratic nominee for the 1st Congressional District race, talks about his life, his brief political career and how he's managed to turn his unusual ballot name into a strength. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Antony Gonzalez, Republican nominee for the 16th Congressional District, joins Ohio Matters to share what life is like transitioning from a professional athlete to a politician. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Rep. Bill Johnson joins Ohio Matters to share his thoughts about fatherhood, his upbringing in rural poverty, Eastern Ohio's recent political shift and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley joins Ohio Matters this week to give some insight on women in politics and what role mayors play in the state. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says his Republican colleagues are afraid of criticizing President Donald Trump. Plus, does he have any plans to run for president in 2020? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Is Richard Cordray boring? The Ohio Democratic gubernatorial nominee Richard Cordray tells the cleveland.com/Ohio Matters team why he thinks he's more fun than lets on, details some of his surprisingly colorful past and plays trivia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio Republican political consultant Mark Weaver sits down with the cleveland.com / Ohio Matters crew to talk about crisis communications, political advertising and the upcoming rematch between Mike DeWine and Rich Cordray in the Ohio governor's race. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Cleveland.com data guru Rich Exner joins Andrew and Seth this week to break down the results of Tuesday's Ohio primary election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Seth and Andrew sit down with Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball to preview the upcoming primary election in Ohio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Bonus content from the episode with Jerry Austin on his time observing elections in the Philippines and Chile. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

State Rep. Bill Seitz appeared on the Ohio Matters podcast this week, and discussed lobbyists, the 2018 elections and his work in the Ohio statehouse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Citizens for Community Values President Aaron Baer talks about his group's legislative priorities, how to communicate Christian conservatism in an increasingly socially liberal era, and President Donald Trump's impact on the evangelical movement. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cleveland.com reporters Jackie Borchardt, Seth Richardson and Andrew Tobias, and Capitol Letter reporter Jeremy Pelzer discuss Cliff Rosenberger's swift and shocking resignation as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Longtime Democratic startegist Jerry Austin chats with the cleveland.com politics team about his time managing Dick Celeste's campaign, his transition to presidential politics with Jesse Jackson and the current state of the Ohio Democratic Party. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes This week the cleveland.com politics team chats with Cincinatti City Councilman and 2016 Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes The team talks with Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine, a longtime politician and current candidate for governor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann chats with us about his recent opinion piece on the National Rifle Association, and about life after elected office. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice and gubernatorial candidate Bill O'Neill sits down with the team to talk about his colorful past and his current race. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Ken Harbaugh, the Democratic candidate for Ohio's 7th Congressional District, joins the team to talk about his background in the Navy flying recon missions over the Middle East and Korean Peninsula and how he decided to run for office in a red district. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.