Ohio
Gov. Mike DeWine, real estate mogul pardoned by Trump among Ohio RNC delegates
What happens at a political convention like the RNC
Veteran political reporter Craig Gilbert talks about what happens at political conventions
Ohio Republicans will descend on Milwaukee next week to officially choose former President Donald Trump as their nominee for the November election.
Trump tapped 79 delegates and 68 alternates to represent the Buckeye State at the Republican National Convention, according to a list provided by the Ohio secretary of state’s office. The names include top statewide officials, members of the state Legislature, candidates and other key players in the Ohio GOP, from donors to county party leaders.
Three delegates also serve on the Republican National Committee on Ohio’s behalf: State party chair Alex Triantafilou, former U.S. Senate candidate Jane Timken and committeeman Jim Dicke.
Other notable delegates include:
- Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine.
- Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Attorney General Dave Yost and Treasurer Robert Sprague, all of whom are eyeing a run for governor in 2026.
- U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, who is running against Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall.
- Cleveland real estate mogul James Kassouf, who was pardoned by Trump in 2020 − decades after Kassouf pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return.
- Pastor Darrell Scott, head of the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights. Scott is a longtime Trump ally and once described him as “the most pro-Black president I’ve seen in my lifetime,” NBC News reported.
- Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life.
- Cowboy hat-wearing Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones, an outspoken and sometimes controversial critic of U.S. immigration policy.
- Etna Township trustee Rozland McKee, who recently attracted criticism after locals saw an upside-down American flag being flown at her home. McKee said her husband hung it that way.
- Newly elected Congressman Michael Rulli. He stepped down from the Ohio Senate last month after winning a special election in Ohio’s 6th Congressional District.
See the full list of delegates below:
Haley BeMiller is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio. She will be covering the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
STRYKER, Ohio (WKRC) – An Ohio woman allegedly broke into her ex-husband’s home while he was sleeping and threatened to kill him before opening fire.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law&Crime, 31-year-old Amanda Heller broke into a man’s home on April 26. The man was identified as Heller’s ex-husband by local outlet WTOL.
After the victim woke up, Heller allegedly threatened to kill him before taking out a handgun and firing twice.
No injuries were reported in connection to the shooting, Law&Crime reported. Nobody else was in the home at the time of the incident, authorities reported.
Heller was arrested and charged with felonious assault, attempted aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, domestic violence, and improperly discharging a weapon at or into a habitation or school.
AI influencers are all over your feed
AI influencers may not change minds — but they can amplify division and inflame political tensions online.
We can’t believe our eyes
Re “AI political ads bring fears over ’26 election,” May 27: I fully support House Bill 185. It probably doesn’t go far enough. This is a prime example of “don’t believe everything you see on the Internet.”
I am being inundated with emails and text messages from organizations and people I do not know. I block them as spam, but it doesn’t seem to do any good. About the only way to combat this is to attend a live debate between candidates, but most people do not have the time to do that.
I use AI every day with caution. We need better ways of identifying AI-created falsehoods.
Edwin Heller, Dublin
Tell voters what’s real
Re “AI political ads bring fears over ’26 election,” May 27: I don’t think AI should be used in political ads, but there is no way to stop it.What we can and should do is require campaigns to certify that their ad did or did not use AI to generate or edit content that:
- Makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn’t say or do.
- Alters footage of a real event or place.
- Generates a realistic-looking scene that didn’t actually occur.
We grade movie content. Why not political advertising? The public needs a way to help distinguish truth from fiction.
Richard Wires, Columbus
Ban political ads, already
Re “AI political ads bring fears over ’26 election,” May 27: Political ads should be banned. Those using – AI-generated or not. I don’t trust anything I read online anymore, and especially political ads.
People read/see those ads, don’t research the information in them, and vote according to, oftentimes, the misinformation in those ads. The huge amounts of money being spent on ads is sinful!
Lyn Miller, Smithville
Food cuts hurt hungry families
While President Donald Trump and Republicans continually find new ways to enrich their billionaire funders and friends, they’ve made the largest cuts to SNAP in history, making it more difficult for over 40 million Americans, including 16 million children and 8 million seniors, to access healthy foods and forcing them to rely on the cheapest foods (usually the most ultra-processed}.
They’re especially hurting American children and setting them up for worse health outcomes than previous generations by making it harder for them to access healthy foods.
They’ve cut funding to support farm-to-school programs and food banks, passed the largest cut to food assistance in history, and are pushing to end the decades-old practice of putting fluoride in water to reduce tooth decay. Most appalling, they’ve even allowed food companies to use cancer-causing chemicals in snack foods targeted to children.
Meanwhile, they’ve allowed food companies to take advantage of inflation to raise prices to increase their profits. A Kroger executive suggested that inflation is good for business when he testified the chain has hiked the milk and eggs prices beyond the costs from inflation.
This is one more reason that we must do all we can to get Republicans out of office.
Russ Smith, Strongsville
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – The FBI was part of a search of multiple properties related to Stansley Mining on Friday, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed.
A Public Affairs Officer for the FBI Cleveland Division confirmed to the 13 Action News I-TEAM that authorities searched a business in the area of Siliva Road in Sylvania, as well as property in Ottawa County by State Route 590 in Benton Township.
Officials with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation told the 13 Action News I-TEAM that they executed a search warrant at the property in Benton Township. Ohio BCI’s environmental division and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency were involved in the search.
It’s unclear exactly what officials were looking for. The FBI spokesperson said there wasn’t additional information to share at this point, but added there is no threat to the public.
Stansley Mining is the entity that owns Rocky Ridge Development, a company at the center of extensive 13 Action News coverage after its South Toledo mining operation was improperly working in a residentially-zoned area.
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