Ohio
Ohio Christians should rally behind Vivek Ramaswamy – Washington Examiner
I’m a Christian who works in public policy. I’ve led efforts to protect the lives of unborn children. I’ve spearheaded campaigns to end transgender procedures on children and stop boys from playing girls’ sports.
I believe it’s essential that we elect leaders who will promote the truth and goodness in God’s creation.
And that’s why I’m personally endorsing my friend, a practicing monotheist Hindu — Vivek Ramaswamy — to be the next governor of Ohio.
I grew up in the Mahoning Valley. My hometown, Warren, sits along the Rust Belt in northeast Ohio. I still love Warren. But I’ve never known a thriving Warren. Since 1990, the population of Warren has shrunk from over 50,000 to under 39,000.
Over the years, I saw a steady stream of politicians promise to “revitalize” the Mahoning Valley: They’ll beef up this government program, use that economic trick to lure in another manufacturer or keep the Lordstown GM plant. None of it worked.
There are towns all across Ohio with similar stories.
The problem plaguing us is much deeper than money. At the root, our struggles stem from the breakdown of the family.
Warren has one of the highest child poverty rates in our state at 50%. Not at all coincidentally, Warren also has one of the highest rates of children born out of wedlock, 66%. The data tell a clear story: the higher the rates of family breakdown, the higher the rates of child poverty, violence, crime, and government spending.
When Ramaswamy announced his bid for governor, he said that he hoped his marriage to his wife Apoorva, with whom he is raising two young boys, would provide an example to Ohio’s young men and women that family is deeply good. But even beyond his example as a husband and father, he will promote public policy to support strong families so that we can rebuild Ohio from the family up.
Families need and deserve good schools where teachers are accountable through meritocracy. Families need and deserve the dignity of work, not the condescension of inflated welfare programs.
Ramaswamy is a brilliant businessman and problem-solver who, like President Donald Trump, doesn’t need anyone else’s money. He’s not beholden to lobbyists, scared of their friends in the media, or trapped by their broken playbook. He’s free to state the truth: that it’s not the government but strong families that build strong communities.
I understand that some Christians will hesitate to support a non-Christian for public office. Ramaswamy knows that I pray one day, he will see and believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God. While I’d love for all of our leaders to believe the truth of the Bible, I don’t believe that is a requirement — so long as they share and advance the right values for our state.
Years ago, when Mitt Romney was running for president, Christians debated whether we could support a Mormon candidate. Author and theologian Wayne Grudem wrote in response that America’s history was full of great statesmen, including Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, who didn’t follow Jesus but were professed “deists.” In fact, it was the genius of our constitutional writers that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office.”
And in the Bible, we see many examples of God using nonbelievers to secure the welfare of the people. While under Roman rule, the apostle Peter wrote that God uses those in authority to “punish those who do evil, and praise those who do good.” In Nehemiah, God uses the Persian King Artaxerxes I not only to allow Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, but the King gives Nehemiah all the resources he needs and a guarantee of safety for the passage home.
In the same way, while Ramswamy and I don’t share a common faith, we share a common understanding of what Ohio needs to secure hope and a future for his children, my children, and yours.
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He believes in religious freedom. He believes men are men and women are women. He believes that parents, not the state, have the right to raise and educate their own children. He believes that every human life has inherent worth and dignity.
The Bible is full of stories of God accomplishing His will through unexpected and even unbelieving men and women. And I have no doubt He will bless Ohio through the election of Ramaswamy as our next governor.
Aaron Baer is a Christian public policy leader in Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school.
Now, a national nonprofit is working to change that by expanding access to books and promoting early literacy across the state.
Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school. (WKRC file)
Nedra Smith has seen the difference firsthand. Her two young daughters receive books through the program at their pediatrician visits at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“They love to read now,” Smith said. “We’ll randomly be out and they’ll see a book and want to read a book.”
Reach Out and Read partners with pediatricians to give children books during regular checkups and encourage parents to read aloud with them. The program has been part of Cincinnati Children’s for more than a decade.
“They typically come in and tell us they got new books,” Smith said. “They typically ask me to read the book right then and there.”
Program leaders say early literacy is increasingly being recognized as an important part of a child’s overall health and development.
“Initially, literacy may not have been in the forefront or seen as a health benefit,” said Kristy High, program manager for Reach Out and Read. “Well-child checks focus on shots, nutrition, and those things; but now we want to focus on those main benefits for the development and milestones when it comes to learning.”
The organization is now working to expand its reach statewide, with a goal of serving children in all 88 Ohio counties.
“We know that those first five years of life are the most critical for brain development,” said Steven Lake, executive director of Reach Out and Read Ohio. “If we can intervene as early as possible, essentially, we reach out at birth; we know we can have the greatest impact.”
Smith encourages other parents to participate in the program and read to their children.
“It’s fun,” Smith said. “It’s actually fun to see them light up, and I think they’ll pass that on to their own kids as well.”
Reach Out and Read also partners with providers in Kentucky and Indiana. You can find a participating provider near you on the organization’s website.
If you are a doctor looking to participate in the program, click here.
The Ohio Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 10, 2026, results for each game:
Pick 3
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 8-6-2
Evening: 7-0-5
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 9-4-7-0
Evening: 0-6-1-8
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 1-7-3-7-4
Evening: 9-0-8-8-0
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Rolling Cash 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 7:05 p.m.
16-19-33-36-38
Check Rolling Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 11:15 p.m.
01-03-20-35-46, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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