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More Democrats Are Outperforming Poll Projections. Could Missouri Be Next?
In Recent Years, Republicans Locked Down Many Uncontested Legislative Seats. Can Blue Missouri And ‘Dirt Road Democrat’ Jessica Piper Break The Cycle? Haines Eason Published March 19th, 2024 at 6:00 AMAbove image credit: Democrat Jessica Piper is the executive...
Gaslit Nation: Laboratories of Autocracy; The David Pepper Interview
Gaslit Nation, October 5, 2022 David Pepper has witnessed Ohio devolve into an electoral autocracy where extreme Republican gerrymandering ensures that the results of the state elections are pre-determined. This is happening across the country in so-called red states,...
Ashland Source: Drew Burge’s campaign finances draw largely from Democratic PAC
Nathan Hart, Report for America Corps Member, September 16, 2022 ASHLAND — Democrat Drew Burge of Brunswick has raised more than $3,629 — the majority of which came from a Political Action Committee — for his bid for the 67th Ohio House District, according to campaign...
Meet Jessica Piper: Missouri’s ‘Dirt Road Democrat’
State House Candidate Runs Uphill To Win In Rural Missouri August 26, 2022, Catherine Hoffman Jessica Piper wipes the sweat off of her brow and knocks on the 50th door of the morning. She’s painfully aware that someone on the other side may hate her politics,...
BTL: State Legislatures Are Ground Zero on the Attack of Democracy
Interview with David Pepper, Blue Ohio co-founder, attorney and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic party, conducted by Scott Harris As the House Committee investigating Donald Trump’s failed Jan. 6 coup attempt continues to gather new evidence of the former...
New Yorker: State Legislatures are Torching Democracy
Even in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congress. By Jane Mayer August 6, 2022 Ohio’s voters are moderate, but its legislature is to the right of South Carolina’s....
Gerrymandered Districts: Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Map as Unconstitutional
Another Unconstitutional Map The Ohio Supreme Court just ruled that the maps submitted by the Redistricting Committee violate our state Constitution, because they are unconstitutional gerrymanders. Again. This is the sixth time that the Court has stricken down the...
A Win for Ohio Dems: Democratic State Leg Candidates Added to Ballot Over LaRose Objection
We knew you'd want to hear some good news, and we're glad to share it. tldr; On Friday (which was a busy day for a whole host of reasons) the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of four Democratic candidates for state legislature, who Secretary of State Frank LaRose...
WATCH: David Joins Statehouse Candidate Nancy Larson to Talk Blue Ohio
On June 24, David joined Nancy Larson, who is running for Ohio statehouse in District 41, to talk about Blue Ohio. In the past six months alone, Ohio Republicans have passed a bill calling for genital inspections of student athletes, insisted that rape provides an...
Another Unconstitutional Map
It's the most blatant attack on democracy and the rule of law I’ve ever witnessed in Ohio. And, as you know, that's saying a lot.And on May 27, a federal appeals court rewarded the lawlessness. But before I get to the most recent update, there have been a lot of...