Ohio

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  • The future of America is blue

    Almost 5 million more young people voted this time, and most went Democratic.
    By Lisa Chamberlain November 9, 2004

  • Don't blame Ohio

    This mother and activist says the Buckeye State shouldn't take the fall for Bush's victory.
    By Rebecca Steinitz November 6, 2004

  • The TV ad that put Bush over the top

    An unscripted emotional encounter with the president, captured on camera, ends up a winner.
    By Eric Boehlert November 5, 2004

  • Waiting to vote

    The long lines at polling stations in Ohio and elsewhere were outrageous -- it was a miracle voters didn't give up.
    By James K. Galbraith November 3, 2004

  • Ohio or bust

    With Florida tipping to Bush, Kerry must hold Ohio and sweep the Midwest to stay in the game.
    By Andrew Leonard November 2, 2004

  • Down to the wire

    The Kerry and Bush campaigns both projected confidence as they raced toward the finish line, but the polls -- and a surge of new voters -- may give the Democrats the momentum.
    By Tim Grieve October 31, 2004

  • "It will be worse than in 2000"

    NAACP head Julian Bond says the GOP is going all out to suppress the black vote. Can his "Election Protection" offensive stop them?
    By Mary Jacoby October 28, 2004

  • The power of a publisher

    Some consider the Cleveland Plain Dealer's decision to endorse no one for president a victory -- the paper almost gave the nod to Bush.
    By Lisa Chamberlain October 27, 2004

  • GOP dirty tricks in Ohio?

    Voter registration is exploding in the swing state, but a ruling by the obstructionist Republican secretary of state may result in thousands not voting.
    By Lisa Chamberlain October 9, 2004

  • Sweetheart deal

    Republican congressman Steven LaTourette of Ohio left his wife for a female aide who now makes a lucrative career out of lobbying his committee.
    By Cliff Schecter October 5, 2004

  • Can John Kerry climb back?

    On his first campaign swing since Bush opened up a post-convention lead, the Democrat was feisty. But his speeches still ramble and he hasn't decided how rough he wants to play.
    By Tim Grieve September 7, 2004

  • The Bull's-eye state

    Susan Sarandon, Bruce Springsteen and an army of lesser-known door-knockers converge on Ohio to swing it Democratic blue.
    By Lisa Chamberlain August 23, 2004

  • Jerry for Kerry

    Ohio delegate and TV cult sensation Jerry Springer talks about Kerry's chances in the crucial Midwestern swing state, his own aspirations for office -- and what he would do with Bush on his show.
    By Mark Follman July 29, 2004

  • Storm warnings for Bush in Ohio

    The John Kerry campaign offices may still be dark in this key battleground state, but an invisible tidal wave is growing here against the president.
    By Tim Russo June 4, 2004

  • John Edwards' not-so-Super Tuesday

    In objective mathematical terms, Edwards can't hope to catch John Kerry. And that leaves political thinkers pondering the deeper questions.
    By Tim Grieve March 2, 2004

  • In Ohio, the war has already begun

    Super Tuesday might not bring much drama in the Buckeye state, but labor and other groups are mobilized for a fierce fight to defeat President Bush in November.
    By David Moberg March 1, 2004

  • Beam me up (to Youngstown)!

    Despite his conviction, his expulsion from the U.S. House and a really bad hairpiece, former Ohio Rep. Jim Traficant will find that some in Youngstown still love him.
    By Pamela Burdman July 25, 2002

  • Big Brother in Toledo

    A cop in a bus station threatened and harassed my innocent young employee. His crime? Reading Esquire.
    By Ted Gup July 26, 2001

  • Pizza porn

    A manager is transferred after videotaping his sexual encounter with his employee.
    By Jack Boulware December 19, 2000

  • Even Jesus knew hookers

    A lawyer invokes the name of the Lord to aid his client, but fails to win his case.
    By Jack Boulware November 21, 2000

  • The charter school magnate

    With his controversial privately run schools, entrepreneur David Brennan pushes Ohio into the center of the school-choice debate.
    By Eve Pell May 24, 2000

  • The town that haunts Al Gore

    How an incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio, pollutes the vice president's reputation as a friend of the earth.
    By Jake Tapper April 26, 2000

  • Made for each other

    Why do residents in a depressed corner of the Midwest keep sending back to Washington the man perhaps least likely to improve their fate?
    By Jason Vest March 9, 2000

  • This isn't Michigan

    Unlike their neighbors to the north, Ohio voters go with the front-runners -- and bury the insurgents.
    By Jason Vest March 8, 2000

  • The tyranny of "Abercrappie"

    My brother is under the spell of a company that promotes the frat-boy free-for-all.
    By Damien Cave March 3, 2000
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