Presidential Election 2020

Gov. Mike DeWine plans to begin vaccinating people by age in the second phase of distribution and will add school personnel to try to get students back in class by the beginning of March.

Several Ohio politicians released statements concerning the pro-Trump extremists who breached the U.S. Capitol as Congress began to certify Joe Biden's victory as the next U.S. President.

Enrique Tarrio was arrested on Monday shortly after arriving in D.C., where Trump supporters are gathering to protest the official certification of the Electoral College ballots on Wednesday.

Ohio’s Republican Sen. Rob Portman says he opposes objections to certification of the electoral college results on Wednesday, though it’s expected at least five Ohio Congressmen will object, along with many other Republicans.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued four states that Biden won, claiming their changes to election procedures during the pandemic violated federal law.

Ohio’s Republican attorney general is joining in part of the lawsuit Texas has filed against Pennsylvania . But he's not asking for results in four battleground states that Democratic President-Elect Joe Biden won to be thrown out - which is what some Republicans were hoping for.

His Saturday night statement came soon after a federal judge dismissed a Trump campaign lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania.

Unofficial results show Democratic President-Elect Joe Biden won seven Ohio counties – one less than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016. But while President Trump won the state, it appears Biden won more votes than Clinton.

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at 4 p.m. about the coronavirus pandemic. This will be his first public appearance since Joe Biden became president-elect.

Immigrants make up about five percent of Ohio’s population. More than 270,000 immigrants in Ohio are eligible to vote. But some say the immigration issue is being viewed differently this election.