It's not enough that Statehouse reps get to buy 4 season tickets to Buckeye football games and often use campaign fund to do so. John Widowfield got caught scalping his.

Ohio A.G. Mark Dann was going to clean house but resigned in scandal.

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The Bellweather State freshened the air left behind by the Taft administration by switching to Democrats, for now.

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The voter I.D. requirement for absentee ballots in Ohio is now on, thanks to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. It's the third change in four days. 

Operating the ballot is somewhat less risky than flying so a photo I.D. is not required.  A utility bill will do.  And there is no need to remove your shoes.

While you need an I.D. you don't need a stamp.  The U.S. Postal Service has announced it will subsidize the absentee ballots.

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A New York Times story claims that internal Republican polls show incumbent Mike DeWine to be far behind in the race to save his senate seat from the Huey Long of Ohio Politics, Sherrod Brown.  The  Times says  the party is building a firewall to protect the states where it can win.  That means moving their chips from DeWine's Ohio campaign to races in Missouri, Tennessee, and Virginia.

In a Beacon Journal story Republican leaders say the Times lies:

SurveyUSA conducted by three Ohio TV stations shows Brown ahead of DeWine 54 percent to 40 percent, with 6 percent undecided.

Jay Cost at Real Clear Politics is suspicious of the Times story too.

The Quinnipiac University poll, out this morning, has Brown ahead 53-41 percent.  You decide.