The Democrats maintain control of the U.S.  Senate, and the House is up for grabs.  While a handful of congressional races yet to be determined, the Republicans have a slight edge to take control of the house.  But the results of last week’s mid-term election was not the overall victory that both the Republican and Democratic parties were promising before the election.   While the Republican statewide candidates had sound victories in the election last week.  Ohio Northern Political professor Rob Alexander says that the November 8^th election was more about Donald Trump than Joe Biden and the economy when it came to bringing out voters.

  Democrat Scott Schertzer says he would like to see more public service not self-service in the Ohio Treasurer's office.  The longtime Mayor of Marion, Ohio worked in the state treasurer's office under Ohio’s 42nd Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow, who served in the late 80's and early 90's.  He says that she was an inspiration for him and the example she set for public service.

We are three days from the election and two democratic candidates for statewide offices come to lima to talk to supporters about their plans, if they get elected.  Ohio Attorney General candidate Jeff Crossman and Ohio Treasurer candidate Scott Schertzer stopping by the Allen County Democratic headquarters ahead of a "Get Out the Vote" canvass.  Crossman is a current state representative, and he says he worked hard to get former Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder out of office when the First Energy scandal broke. Householder allegedly got millions of dollars in bribery money, to get a $1 billion bailout package passed for the energy company.  One of his missions, if elected, is to end corruption like that in Columbus and around the state. 

Democratic Candidate for Ohio’s 4^th District Congressional Seat Tamie Wilson has been across the district talking to voters about her reasons for running for the office against Congressman Jim Jordan.   Wilson thinks it is important to have a representative that is for the people and get things done for all the people in the district.  As a business and life coach, Wilson sees the challenges that people are facing both personally and professionally, and if elected she has some issues she would like to tackle.