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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Episode Notes Cleveland.com data guru Rich Exner guest hosts this midterm election recap. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Episode Notes Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball returns to the Ohio Matters podcast to preview Tuesday's midterm election. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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)! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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.) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy