Tag: Ohio Debate Commission

Vance, Ryan Campaigns Continue to Debate About Debates

The great Ohio U.S. Senate debate over debates continues between Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican nominee J.D. Vance. The candidates agreed to take the stage on Oct. 10 in Cleveland in a forum hosted by WJW Channel 8 and on Oct. 17 in Youngstown coordinated by WFMJ-TV. Ryan’s campaign said he committed to another…


Gov. Mike DeWine, Challenger Joe Blystone Have Confrontation at Ohio Beef Expo

It was a contentious weekend for Ohio political races. At a debate in suburban Columbus on March 18, GOP U.S. Senate candidates Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel went face-to-face on stage in a heated verbal exchange while fellow candidates J.D. Vance, Jane Timken, and Matt Dolan awkwardly watched. Then, late morning on March 19 GOP…


Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Declines Invite to Debate Challengers

Holding a lead in two recent independent polls and facing a challenge from three GOP opponents, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine won’t attend an upcoming debate, a campaign spokesperson announced March 10. “We will respectfully decline the invitation to participate in the Ohio Debate Commission’s Primary debate,” Brenton Temple wrote to the commission’s Jill Miller Zimon….