In the 16 years that Sherrod Brown has represented Ohio in the Senate, abortion has been an issue that galvanizes Democrats in urban centers like Cleveland.
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The failure of a GOP-backed ballot measure in Ohio has given Democrats new hope as Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) faces a competitive Senate race next year. Voters in the Buckeye State on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure pushed by Republican leaders in the state that would have made it harder to enshrine abortion rights in its…
After Ohio voters soundly defeated a ballot initiative Tuesday that was largely viewed as a proxy for abortion, the spotlight now turns to November’s abortion-rights ballot measure. Backers of the abortion-rights amendment are confident they will succeed, but they also recognize the challenge ahead; a proxy fight is not the same as the real issue. …
Ohio’s special election on Tuesday could raise the threshold for amending the state’s constitution and have a potentially critical impact on the future of abortion rights in the state. With few other elections happening in an off year, a ballot measure in Ohio that would enshrine abortion rights in its constitution will be one of…