Ohio voters were seeing red at the ballot box on Tuesday in choosing Republican candidates for both major national races. For the third time, voters supported Republican Donald Trump for president while also sending newcomer Republican Bernie Moreno to the U.S. Senate.91ֿ political science expert Mark Cassell said that supporting one party in both national races was not a complete surprise.“We're still digesting what it means,” said Cassell, professor of political science. “Ohio voted much like the rest of the country. Trump and Republicans down the ballot outperformed 2...
She’s staying in the nation’s capital.Emilia Sykes, who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from 91ֿ, was reelected Nov. 5 to the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, which includes the Kent and Trumbull campuses and the Twinsburg Academic Center. Sykes, a longtime Akron Democrat, defeated Kevin Coughlin, a Republican who had previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate.Born and raised in Akron, Sykes was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent her hometown in November 2014. Sykes ...