What Happens NEXT After Ohio's Primary Election?

The race for Ohio’s governor is set after this week’s Ohio primary election and there were no surprises. Democrat Amy Acton was unopposed and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy won easily. Ramaswamy, the tech billionaire, got just more than 82% of the vote compared to the nearly 18% won by conservative activist Casey Putsch. We’ll take a look at what the results mean for the November election. There was even less drama in the primary for U.S. Senate. Incumbent Sen. Jon Husted ran unopposed in the Republican primary. In the Democratic primary, former Senator Sen. Sherrod Brown easily defeated Ron Kincaid. Brown got 90 percent of the Democratic vote. Now Brown and Husted - square off in a race that could decide which party controls the Senate. Term-limited Ohio Attorney General and one time governor hopeful Dave Yost is leaving the DeWine administration early. He announced his resignation on Thursday to join the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian legal advocacy group known for its role in overturning Roe vs Wade, in June. Primary voters decided some other interesting races on Tuesday. In the race for secretary of state, current treasurer Robert Sprague will face former House Minority Leader Allison Russo. In the Republican race for state treasurer – JD Vance and Bernie Moreno-backed Jay Edwards defeated Vivek Ramaswamy-endorses Kristina Roegner. And in a closely watched congressional primary in the Toledo area, Republican former state rep Derek Merrin won the chance to take on Democrat Marcy Kaptur. Merrin won the nomination easily. Defeating State Rep Josh Williams and former ICE Deputy Director Madison Shehan. Merrin gets a rematch with Kaptur. He lost to her by only 2,400 votes two years ago. Finally, Several local issues were decided Tuesday as well. Richland County voters upheld a ban on large wind and solar farms. And Ohio voters rejected dozens of property tax and income tax levy requests. According to the Ohio School Boards Association only 24 funding requests passed and 42 failed. This Week’s Panel Laura Bischoff, reporter with USA Today Ohio Network Jake Zuckerman, reporter with Signal Ohio Statewide Terry Casey, Republican strategist Morgan Harper, Progressive activist Support WOSU We can't do this without your support! Help keep WOSU Public Media strong by donating here: https://wosu.pm/WOSU-Support Connect With WOSU News Subscribe to the WOSU News YouTube channel:    / @wosunews   Subscribe to our WOSU News Daily newsletter at https://www.wosu.org/newsletters Follow us on Facebook:   / wosupublicmedia   Follow us on Instagram:   / wosupubmedia   Follow us on Reddit:   / wosupublicmedia   Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/@wosupublicm... Visit our website: https://www.wosu.org/news Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - Ohio Governor’s Race Set 05:48 - Ohio Primary: U.S. Senate 12:45 - Dave Yost Resigns 16:16 - Ohio Primary Mild Surprises 18:51 - Mixed Results: Ohio Tax Issues 23:22 - Off The Record Comments