MARTINS FERRY — Local business owner Dominic DeFelice secured the 2026 Republican nomination for Belmont County commissioner in Tuesday’s primary election. DeFelice is the owner and operator of DeFelice Brothers Pizza. He defeated two other candidates: former Ohio Department of ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Josh Meyer will return to work next year at the Belmont County Courthouse, but this time as county auditor. Meyer, a former county commissioner, won the Republican nomination for auditor after receiving the most votes in Tuesday's primary election. Unofficial Election Night totals show him receiving 3,688 votes, besting incumbent County Auditor Cindi L. Henry, who captured 3,177. A third candidate in the race, Nick Ferrelli of Shadyside, received 901 of the ballots cast. No Democrats filed in the race, and Meyer will run unopposed in the November general ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Just like in some sports playoffs – where some teams get “byes” or don’t have to face competition in the first round – some candidates found themselves not having opposition in Tuesday’s primary election in Ohio. At the top of the ballot, U.S. Sen. John Husted, R-Ohio, ran unopposed for re-election on the GOP ticket. The race attracted two Democrats, former Sen. Sherrod Brown and Ron Kincaid, with Brown earning the nomination. Democrats Amy Acton, candidate for governor, and her lieutenant governor teammate David Pepper faced no competition in the ...
COLUMBUS — Tuesday’s primary in Ohio set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber during a difficult midterm year. Meanwhile biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face a challenge from the state’s ...
Congressman Michael Rulli, the Republican representing Belmont, Jefferson and Harrison counties in the U.S. House, easily won his Republican primary Tuesday. As for Democrats, Elizabeth Kirtley of New Philadelphia is the winner in the crowded six-person 6th District, according to unofficial ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Billionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy clinched the Republican nomination for Ohio governor on Tuesday and will face off this fall against the state's COVID-era health director, Democrat Amy Acton. A newcomer to state politics, Ramaswamy aggressively ...
