Nov 5th, 2008 · In 2004, Ohio went President Bush's way. This year, the Buckeye State went in the win column for Democrat Barack Obama. Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland tells Steve Inskeep that one reason Obama carried the state is that he visited it many times.
Jun 10th, 2008 · In the swing state of Ohio, Gov. Ted Strickland was a strong supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton's during her primary campaign. He now says he'll support presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Strickland's name has been floated by many as a potential running mate. Michele Norris talks with Strickland.
May 6th, 2008 · Ohio's attorney general, Democrat Marc Dann, risks impeachment over a sexual harassment scandal in his office and an admitted affair. The state's governor, Ted Strickland, and other top state Democrats want Dann to step aside. Jo Ingles reports from Ohio Public Radio.
Jan 28th, 2008 · Robert Siegel talks with state capital reporters in Nevada, New Jersey and Florida about how those states will address looming budget shortfalls. We also hear from Ohio's Republican Gov. Ted Strickland, who successfully brokered a solution to his state's financial woes last year.
Apr 10th, 2007 · Ohio is one of four states preparing to send National Guard troops to Iraq, joining Arkansas, Indiana and Oklahoma. Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland notes that the Guard is being called up for a second time in two years. He says Ohioans will serve patriotically, but he's concerned about the development.
Nov 7th, 2006 · NPR projects that Democrat Ted Strickland has won the Ohio governor's office over Republican Kenneth Blackwell. Incumbent Bob Taft (R) had been forced out by term limits. Most analysts have been predicting that by night's end Democrats would have control of the House for the first time in 12 years. We check on races in Ohio, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Oct 18th, 2006 · Ted Strickland, the Democrat in Ohio's gubernatorial race, now holds a two-to-one lead over Republican Ken Blackwell. Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, has spent the past two days in Ohio, polling for statewide races. Robert Siegel talks with Brown.
Jul 6th, 2006 · A young black pilot named Jonathan Strickland set new flying records when he took a plane and helicopter up over the U.S.-Canadian border last weekend. NPR's Farai Chideya talks with the 14-year-old Strickland and his instructor Robin Petgrave, who runs Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum in Compton, Calif.