After a second consecutive statewide beatdown, the Ohio Democratic Party will go back to the drawing board starting this week.
As state party Chairman David Pepper finishes his tenure, cut short after he chose to resign following the general election, party insiders are weighing a run as his replacement in a state that looks increasingly difficult to win after President Donald Trump prevailed again by more than 8 percentage points.
Some GOP candidates outperformed the president in this year s legislative races on the way to increasing super-majorities in both chambers despite a the nuclear bailout scandal that involves mostly Republicans.
That red wave followed yet another sweep of statewide executive offices in 2018.