<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2aJcfp_1GqHM4me00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2aJcfp_1GqHM4me00" width="1169" height="1200" ><figcaption>Theo Preston</figcaption></figure>The state and local elections both largely followed the national trend of a Democratic wave, with the exception of incumbent Congressman Bob Latta’s victory, and a landslide victory for supporters of Issue 3, which enshrines Ohio’s requirement for photo ID at the polls in the state constitution. Amy Acton will be Ohio’s first female governor and the second Democrat to hold the office in 35 years. She beat her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy statewide by eight points. The governor’s race became heated as it neared election day because of a controversial ad produced by Ramaswamy’s campaign. The ad featured Acton’s estranged mother, who stood by Acton’s stepfather after he was indicted for raping Acton when she was 12 years old. Acton’s mother subsequently lost custody of Acton and her brother. The ad received condemnation from both sides of the aisle, including Ohio’s outgoing Republican governor Mike DeWine. On election night, Acton did not answer Ramaswamy’s concession call.Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown will be returning to the Senate after losing to Bernie Moreno in 2024. He ousted incumbent Republican Jon Husted with a five point margin. Before his loss to Moreno, Brown had held his seat for 18 years. In his victory speech, Brown promised to work for all Ohioans and to advocate for the working class. As Husted was appointed to fill Vice President JD Vance’s former Senate seat, Brown will serve only two years before coming up for the regular 2028 election.Lorain County, which U.S. President Donald Trump won by six points in 2024, swung 17 points towards the Democrats in the Senate race. Democratic wins continued down the county ballot. Jeff Riddell, the Republican incumbent county commissioner, lost his reelection campaign to Democratic candidate Carolyn White. Riddell has been the subject of some of his constituents’ rage over the current county commissioners’ involvement in a proposed ‘megasite’ industrial development near the Lorain County airport that led to furor among local residents last fall. The race for county commissioner also included Elyria City Councilman Andrew Lipian, OC ’12, who ran a write-in campaign for the seat. Though the Secretary of State’s website made no mention of Lipian by name, it did indicate that 3,285 votes had been cast for the “write-in” category.Republican Congressman Bob Latta lost the vote in Lorain County, but votes elsewhere in Ohio’s 5th electoral district ensured his victory. The county more closely followed its neighbors in largely voting yes on Issue 3, which passed statewide. Ohio’s constitution will now require voters to show either an Ohio-issued state ID or U.S. passport when they arrive at the polls. The requirement had been law since 2023, but as an amendment to the state constitution, it will now be harder to dismantle at the level of the state legislature, should the State House or Senate so desire. All the other proposals on Oberlin ballots passed as well. Issues 8 and 9 were proposals to renew income and property taxes, respectively, to help fund Oberlin Public Schools. Issue 7 was likewise a proposal to renew a property tax, though on the county level, to fund the Lorain County Health District. Issue 12 was a proposal for an additional property tax from Lorain County to fund the county’s Children’s Services and Complex Medical Help Program.</div></body>

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The state and local elections both largely followed the national trend of a Democratic wave, with the exception of incumbent Congressman Bob Latta’s victory, and a landslide victory for supporters of Issue 3, which enshrines Ohio’s requirement for photo ID at the polls in the state constitution. Amy...

Lorain County Goes Blue, Issue 3 Passes

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The state and local elections both largely followed the national trend of a Democratic wave, with the exception of incumbent Congressman Bob Latta’s victor

Lorain County Goes Blue, Issue 3 Passes

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