The Ohio Elections app is a one-stop source for information on elections
Download the 2020 Ohio Elections app for information on state and federal elections in Ohio.
The source for all information on the app is Gongwer News Service, an independent news source on state government and politics staffed by our team of nonpartisan professional journalists. DISCLAIMER: Neither the app nor Gongwer News Service represents a government entity.
The app will update regularly throughout the year.
Key features:
• Biographical information about candidates, including education, age, family, employment, community involvement and track record in running for elected office. Gongwer’s unmatched database provides that history for any candidates running this year who ran for state and/or federal office going back to 2004.
• A push-messaging alert system to let users know when Gongwer has uploaded new information to the app as well as provide some breaking news;
• Contact tools enabling users to reach the candidates’ campaigns via email, phone and U.S. mail.
• Links to maps for all 16 U.S. House districts, the Ohio Senate districts up for election and 99 Ohio House districts.
• Links to candidates’ campaign finance information.
• Links to candidates’ Facebook and Twitter pages.
• Candidate photos.
• A button that allows users to view only those races for the primary and November general election that Gongwer considers legitimately competitive.
• A chart sorting all U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House races by competitiveness, labeling them as safe Republican, lean Republican, toss-up, lean Democrat or safe Democrat as determined by Gongwer’s staff. New for 2020 is our overall analysis of the race for partisan control of the Ohio House and Ohio Senate.
• A snapshot analysis of what to expect in each state and federal race in Ohio from Gongwer’s staff.
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