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David Skolnick

Tressel reflects on enormity, complexity of his state post

Gov. Mike DeWine surprised many people when he announced Feb. 10, 2025, that he was nominating Jim Tressel, the retired Youngstown State University president and a former football coach at YSU and Ohio State University, to be lieutenant governor. While a longtime Republican like DeWine, ...

Amy Acton runs as unifier while criticizing state GOP

One of the main talking points of Democratic governor nominee Amy Acton’s campaign is rather than being a partisan politician, she is a unifying force who will work with Republicans to move Ohio forward. Republicans see Acton quite differently. During a Wednesday campaign stop in Boardman, ...

More changes coming soon for Trumbull Republicans

There’s going to be yet another change at the top of the Trumbull County Republican Party. Despite the tremendous success Republican candidates have recently experienced in Trumbull County — winning every contested race on the 2022 and 2024 ballots — the party is plagued by political ...

Perspectives on DeWine’s fast decision on attorney general

Everything happened so fast. Two days after the primary, Attorney General Dave Yost announced May 7 that he was resigning, effective June 7, to take a leadership position with a Christian conservative legal advocacy group. Four days after that, Gov. Mike DeWine said he was appointing Andy ...

Take a deeper dive into election’s winners, losers

One interesting part of the primary elections in Mahoning and Trumbull counties was how few people were in contested races for the seats they currently hold. The only incumbents in contested races in the two counties were Trumbull County Commissioner Denny Malloy, Trumbull Auditor Martha ...

Trumbull races prove timing can play key role in politics

Timing isn’t everything in politics, but it sure plays a huge factor. Look at Devon Stanley, a Liberty trustee, Girard Municipal Court prosecutor and Trumbull County deputy clerk of courts, who also has a private law practice. Already having four jobs, though he isn’t currently serving ...