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Athens' Democratic mayor decides against OH-15 special election run, citing redistricting uncertainty | Election


After weeks of consideration, Athens’ Democratic Mayor Steve Patterson decided not to run for Congress in the upcoming special election, citing uncertainty in the future Ohio’s solidly Republican 15th district after redistricting and reapportionment.
He reached the decision following many conversations with Ohio politicos, people considering campaigns for the seat, and past 15th district candidates — including Rick Neal and Joel Newby, both Democrats who lost their respective 2018 and 2020 races by fairly wide margins against outgoing Republican Rep. Steve Stivers, who s stepping down May 16 for a top lobbying job.
“It was an honor to really take a deep dive and consider it strongly,” Patterson, who’s served as Athens’ mayor since 2016, said in an interview. “That’s not to say I wouldn’t consider running in the future sometime for a higher office, but it’s just not in the cards this time around.” ....

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Athens County prosecutor, OUPD chief testify before Senate committee on anti-hazing Collin's Law | Local News


Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn and Ohio University Police Department Chief Andrew Powers on Wednesday both testified before the Ohio Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee in support of revived anti-hazing legislation, or Collin’s Law.
Both men, whose offices worked together closely in investigating the 2018 hazing-related death of Collin Wiant, an OU student who the bill is named after, argued it provides robust reforms to current hazing laws seen by the two as inadequate. The newly proposed measure would increase the penalty for hazing, currently a fourth-degree misdemeanor, to a felony if adopted.
“Through my prosecution of those involved in the events leading up to Collin Wiant’s death, I know first-hand of the problems associated with Ohio’s current hazing law,” Blackburn, who’s worked closely with Wiant’s mother in lobbying the legislature to amend hazing laws, said in a letter to the committee. “The definit ....

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