Ohio Matters From Cleveland.com

With the 2018 midterms in the books, Seth Richardson and Andrew Tobias look forward to the 2020 election, and size up Ohio's possible presidential contenders.

Episode Notes Cleveland.com data guru Rich Exner guest hosts this midterm election recap. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball returns to the Ohio Matters podcast to preview Tuesday's midterm election. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Ohio Matters team interviews Findlay, Ohio Mayor Lydia Milhalik, an up and comer in Ohio Republican politics. She discusses what it's like being a conservative mayor, whether state government is leaving local communities behind, and whether moderates have a place in today's Republican Party. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes The Ohio Matters team sits down with Barb Palmer, creator and executive director of the Baldwin Wallace University Center for Women and Politics of Ohio, to explore the history of women in elected office in Ohio, why women don't get elected and the possible effects of the Year of the Woman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes On the latest minisode of Ohio Matters, the team breaks down the governor's race post-debates and the ramifications of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. Plus, Jim Renacci takes flies to meet with faith leaders -- in a strip club owner's plane. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland joins the team this week and reflects on his decades serving in Ohio government. Plus, our first 2020 presidential endorsement (sort of)! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ohio state Rep. Keith Faber, a Republican running for state auditor, talks about his time in the legislature and why he wants to be Ohio's auditor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Theresa Gasper, the Democratic candidate for Ohio's 10th Congressional District in Dayton, sits down with the Ohio Matters team to talk about life as a first-time candidate and her past as a Republican. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Aaron Pickrell, former state director and advisor for President Barack Obama's Ohio campaign, sits down with the Ohio Matters team this week to talk about Obama's legacy in the state and if he can still be an effective figurehead. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes In the first mini-episode of the season, cleveland.com politics reporters Seth Richardson and Andrew Tobias break down the races in Ohio for Senate and governor. Plus, a discussion on Richard Cordray's hoop skills. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper drops by to talk about his two novels, his interactions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the time he was kidnapped. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Betsy Rader, a Democrat running for the 14th Congressional District, sits down with the team to talk about her unlikely rise from Coshocton to Yale, life as a candidate who is a woman in the #MeToo era and what the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen cases mean for Democrats. Plus, some personal news from co-host Mary Kilpatrick on her latest journalistic endeavor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Dettelbach, the former U.S. Attorney for Northern Ohio and the current Democratic Ohio Attorney General candidate, talks about his career as a federal prosecutor, his thoughts on political criticism of the DOJ and his time playing basketball in law school with Barack Obama. (Note: We have invited the Republican Ohio attorney general candidate, Dave Yost, to come on the show, but he's yet to take us up on our offer.) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes After a wild election night in the 12th Congressional District special election, the team welcomes back cleveland.com data editor to parse results, as well as a look forward at what it means for the November midterms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We look back at the women we've interivewed on the Ohio Matters podcast, and look forward to November and beyond, as we try to figure out how the "Year of the Woman" will play out in Ohio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, returns to Ohio Matters to preview the Aug. 7 special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes 10 years ago, a corruption scandal rocked Cuyahoga County government. The effects are still being felt today, both in Northeast Ohio and statewide. Former federal prosecutor Ann Rowland and cleveland.com editor-in-chief Chris Quinn join Ohio Matters this week to give their perspective of what it was like working the case from both the government and public view. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State, describes her high-school athletic proweress (although not in the sport you may expect), her passion for elections and what she will do if she's elected. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Notes State Sen. and GOP secretary of state nominee Frank LaRose talks about his military service, life as a moderate Republican and how he's "jazzed" about voting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.