Ohio Matters from Cleveland.com

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In the first mini-episode of the season, cleveland.com politics reporters Seth Richardson and Andrew Tobias break down the races in Ohio for Senate and governor. Plus, a discussion on Richard Cordray's hoop skills.

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Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper drops by to talk about his two novels, his interactions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the time he was kidnapped.

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Betsy Rader, a Democrat running for the 14th Congressional District, sits down with the team to talk about her unlikely rise from Coshocton to Yale, life as a candidate who is a woman in the #MeToo era and what the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen cases mean for Democrats. Plus, some personal news from co-host Mary Kilpatrick on her latest journalistic endeavor.

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Steve Dettelbach, the former U.S. Attorney for Northern Ohio and the current Democratic Ohio Attorney General candidate, talks about his career as a federal prosecutor, his thoughts on political criticism of the DOJ and his time playing basketball in law school with Barack Obama. (Note: We have invited the Republican Ohio attorney general candidate, Dave Yost, to come on the show, but he's yet to take us up on our offer.) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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After a wild election night in the 12th Congressional District special election, the team welcomes back cleveland.com data editor to parse results, as well as a look forward at what it means for the November midterms.

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We look back at the women we've interivewed on the Ohio Matters podcast, and look forward to November and beyond, as we try to figure out how the "Year of the Woman" will play out in Ohio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, returns to Ohio Matters to preview the Aug. 7 special election in Ohio's 12th Congressional District.

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10 years ago, a corruption scandal rocked Cuyahoga County government. The effects are still being felt today, both in Northeast Ohio and statewide. Former federal prosecutor Ann Rowland and cleveland.com editor-in-chief Chris Quinn join Ohio Matters this week to give their perspective of what it was like working the case from both the government and public view.

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State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, the Democratic nominee for Ohio Secretary of State, describes her high-school athletic proweress (although not in the sport you may expect), her passion for elections and what she will do if she's elected. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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State Sen. and GOP secretary of state nominee Frank LaRose talks about his military service, life as a moderate Republican and how he's "jazzed" about voting.

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