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Podcast: Beyond Politics
Episode: Former Governor Ted Strickland: Is Ohio a Sign of Good Things to Come for Democrats?
Description: The Wikipedia entry for Ted Strickland notes that βAs of 2023, he is the last Democrat to serve as Governor of Ohio.β But when Ohio voters soundly rejected a cynical Republican ballot initiative a few weeks ago, it made us wonder, is that about to change? What happened to this onetime bellwether state, and have Democrats begun to figure out how to win it back, and other states like it?
So we thought we would ask him. Ted Strickland served in the US House of Representatives for 12 years and as the Governor of Ohio from 2007 to 2011. Heβs also b...