Ohio's next Governor's race or aka Gubernatorial election is in 2026. Ohio is a very Republican controlled state from the Ohio general legislature to the Governor and Lieutenant Governor's office.   What does the future of Ohio look like for it's residents? Matt Mayer is  considering the option of running for Governor of Ohio in 2026 because he has a vision, agenda, and plan to help out Ohio. Matt Mayer and I discuss many things relating to his possible gubernatorial campaign to how he would expand vocational education for high school students in Ohio if he were elected Governor. Who will be the next elected Governor of Ohio when  the current Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine's term is done? We all will find out in 2026. 

Here are resources relevant to this interview: 

https://ohiomatt.com/

https://www.opportunityohio.org/

https://woub.org/2023/01/30/a-new-candidate-announces-a-run-for-ohio-governor-in-2026/

So far within the Republican Party race for the 2024' GOP Presidential nomination, Former President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy have all announced their 2024' Republican Presidential bids to become the next President of the United States. In this episode I go over all the basic biographical information regarding Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy that voters should know about these two Republican candidates. There's a People.com article that lists all of the people who are either running for President in 2024, rumored to be running for President in 2024, or are expected to run for President in 2024 from both the Republican and Democratic Parties. 

Here are all of the resources and articles used for this episode: 

https://people.com/politics/2024-presidential-candidates/

https://nikkihaley.com/

https://www.vivek2024.com/

https://www.biography.com/political-figures/a42921570/2024-presidential-candidates

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/vivek-ramaswamy-indian-american-republican-2024-us-presidential-election-white-house-12154492.htm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-im-running-for-president-c4a8ea7

Earlier this month a train derailment and chemical spill happened in the town of East Palestine, Ohio. This town is 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and about 21 miles south of Youngstown, Ohio. There are still more and more developments in this horrible event that recently happened. According to Cincinnati.com's The Enquirer  a eastbound Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailed on a main track 1 in East palestine, Ohio on February 3rd, 2023. 

Here are the articles that are mentioned in this episode including an additional article about the Ohio train derailment: 

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/02/15/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-facts/69898564007/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-mayor-ahead-epa/story?id=97246758

In today's episode I talked to a former Ohio Congressional Candidate JR Majewski, who ran for U.S. Congress in Ohio's recently redrawn 9th Congressional district against the sitting incumbent U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur. JR Majewski and I had a very long, unique, and wide ranging topic conversation relating to many things in American Politics. 

Here are some resources that are helpful for this episode: 

https://ballotpedia.org/J.R._Majewski

https://kaptur.house.gov/

https://marcykaptur.com/

Representative George Santos who is a member of the House of Representatives, and who represents New York's 3rd district is an embattled and frankly an embarrassment to the Republican Party as a brand has not resigned from Congress. Ever since he was elected to represent a New York District in the House chamber in November 2022, he has been caught lying about his personal and financial background. We have yet to see whether or not the House Ethics Committee will file a report from a investigation on Santos recommending he should or should not be charged for financial and other crimes. 

Here are the articles I used for this episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santos

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3828115-almost-half-of-ny-republicans-say-santos-should-resign-poll/

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/01/george-santos-resign-kevin-mccarthy-nassau-county/672786/

California Representative in the United States House of Representatives Katie Porter has officially launched her own bid for Senator Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat in 2024. Though there are other House Democrats who represent other House districts throughout California such as Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Barbara Lee, and Rep. Ro Khanna; who are all looking to run for Feinstein's Senate seat in 2024'. 

Here are the articles I mentioned in this episode: 

 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23549024/katie-porter-kick-off-california-senate-race-2024-orange-county-dianne-feinstein

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/politics/katie-porter-california-2024-senate-race/index.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3809907-porter-reveals-she-has-not-spoken-with-feinstein-about-senate-run/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3811158-what-we-know-about-the-biden-documents-so-far/

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R. CA) was finally elected the new Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives chamber in the new 118th Congress. It took the House of Representatives fifteen ballots to nominate and elect a new Speaker of the House. This made history in American Politics. 

Here is the link to the video of Speaker McCarthy giving his first speech as Speaker: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/01/07/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-full-speech-vpx.cnn

Here are the links to the two Washington Post articles I mentioned and read in today's episode: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/06/house-speaker-votes-mccarthy-adjourn/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/06/house-speaker-vote-live-coverage-kevin-mccarthy/

Former United States national security advisor to Former President Donald Trump John Bolton is weighing whether he should run for President in 2024. If he were to run for the Republican Presidential nomination, would it be to stop Trump from returning to the Oval Office again? How would Bolton campaign as a new first time political candidate for President? Does Bolton have the name recognition and popularity that GOP or Republican stars like DeSantis, Youngkin, and Trump have? If he does, then how will he turn his popularity and name recognition into a well-grounded Presidential campaign? We will have to find out sometime in the next two years. There are also political headlines that you might have not heard about recently in this podcast episode. 

In today's episode I have a friend of mine join me to talk and discuss about today's Georgia Senate Runoff election between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock. This 2022 Georgia Senate Runoff election is happening because neither candidate received fifty percent or more of the vote on November 8th, 2022. Candidates in the state of Georgia have to receive fifty percent and more of the vote tally in their race in order to avoid a runoff. Herschel Walker is the Republican Senate candidate, while the Democratic incumbent Senator of Georgia is Raphael Warnock. Raphael Warnock is looking to secure his first full six year term in the Senate after he won a two year term in the Senate back in 2020. My friend and I answer some of the questions that voters might be considering about this Georgia Senate election contest. All of this and more in this podcast episode.