Ohio is having a moment in the spotlight, with the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance, hailing from the Buckeye State, while his home-state colleague, Democrat Sherrod Brown, is in a tight reelection contest that will be key to determining the Senate majority. Those two men and a few more current officeholders illustrate a lot about our politics. We talk with Jessica Wehrman, CQ Roll Call’s health policy editor, Ohio native and previously a home-state reporter about the political heart of it all.

Show Notes:

• Battleground polls tell tales of before and after Biden dropped out
• Why JD Vance might not carry Trump’s MAGA torch into the future
• Ohio voters tap Rulli for House vacancy, boosting GOP’s majority
• Ohioans vote to codify abortion rights
• Jim Jordan supporters wave off new scrutiny of Ohio State abuse