Media coverage of OH political races in The Cleveland Plain-Dealer


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Abortion     Josh Mandel: Prohibit abortion at first sign of fetal heartbeat.     Josh Mandel: Prohibit abortion at first sign of fetal heartbeat.

Budget & Economy     Jane Timken: We need to get back to fiscal responsibility.     Marcia Fudge: COVID: protect homeowners, renters, small landlords.     Bob Barr: Financial crisis requires investigation & prosecution.     Chuck Baldwin: Wall Street “banksters” have violated the law.

Civil Rights     Marcia Fudge: Ban discrimination against African American hairstyles.

Corporations     Lee Fisher: Experienced negotiating with companies to stay in Ohio.     Rob Portman: More than 70 company tours & plant visits, to stay in touch.

Drugs     John Kasich: No mixed message: don't do opioids & don't do marijuana.     John Kasich: 2016: Legalized medical marijuana, with tight regulations.     P.G. Sittenfeld: Marijuana legalization & tight regulation.

Energy & Oil     Josh Mandel: Supports expansion of oil drilling and fracking.     Josh Mandel: Supports expansion of oil drilling and fracking.     John Kasich: Keep state mandate on renewable energy.     Sierra Club: Mandated renewable energy standards instead of voluntary.     Sierra Club: Renewable energy creates jobs AND improves air quality.     Josh Mandel: Climate research inconclusive & riddled with fraud.     Josh Mandel: Climate research inconclusive & riddled with fraud.

Environment     Josh Mandel: Environmental regulations beyond common sense; killing jobs.     Josh Mandel: Environmental regulations beyond common sense; killing jobs.

Foreign Policy     Chuck Baldwin: Our sovereignty hangs by a very precarious thread.

Government Reform     Marcia Fudge: Filed complaint against colleagues sleeping in their offices.     Josh Mandel: Does not accept gifts in public office.     Josh Mandel: Public officials should disclose more than is required.     Ralph Nader: Big problem in politics is excessive concentration of power.

Health Care     Josh Mandel: ObamaCare is job killer: prefers physician-owned hospitals.     Josh Mandel: ACA a job killer, physician-owned hospitals an alternative.

Immigration     Marcia Fudge: Denying green cards to needy immigrants is discrimination.     Josh Mandel: Ban sanctuary cities; jail mayors who try to establish them.     Josh Mandel: Ban sanctuary cities, jail mayors who try to establish them.

Principles & Values     Marcia Fudge: Skipped Trump's inauguration in protest.     Marcia Fudge: Co-founded a Congressional Rock and Roll Caucus.     Marcia Fudge: A Cabinet position is not a consolation prize.     Josh Mandel: OpEd: Attacked ADL for report on extremists hate groups.     Josh Mandel: Attacked ADL for report on extremists hate groups.     Lee Fisher: Ohio voters are mad as hell over Republican policies.     Rob Portman: A top adviser to President George W. Bush.     Bob Barr: Obama and McCain indistinguishable on policy positions.     Ralph Nader: Both major parties don’t like competition.

War & Peace     Josh Mandel: War in Iraq was just and for a good cause.     Josh Mandel: War in Iraq was just and for a good cause.

Welfare & Poverty     Marcia Fudge: Introduced a Poverty Bill of Rights.     Marcia Fudge: We have to deal with lack of low, moderate income housing.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Bob Barr Libertarian Chuck Baldwin Constitution Party Jane Timken Republican Challenger Ohio John Kasich Ohio Republican Ohio Governor Josh Mandel Former Republican Nominee (withdrew 2018) Ohio Lee Fisher 2010 Democratic Senate Challenger; currently Lt. Gov. Ohio Marcia Fudge Ohio HUD Secretary P.G. Sittenfeld Democratic Senate challenger Ohio Ralph Nader Green Rob Portman Republican 2016 Primary Challenger Sierra Club