Reference Wiki

A public reference garden maintained by the Pink Rose Society — civic institutions, rights, and the people and organizations that shape democracy in Ohio and the Midwest.

Content catalog. Every page is listed under its type with a one-line summary. Last updated: 2026-07-03 | Total pages: 52 (2 raw source bundles added)

Concepts — 2026 races

• Ohio 2026 Elections — the whole 2026 Ohio ballot at a glance (hub).
• Ohio 2026 Governor Race — Vivek Ramaswamy (R) vs. Amy Acton (D), open seat.
• Ohio 2026 U.S. Senate Race — Jon Husted (R) vs. Sherrod Brown (D), special election.
• Ohio 2026 Attorney General Race — Keith Faber (R) vs. John Kulewicz (D), open seat.
• Ohio 2026 Secretary of State Race — Robert Sprague (R) vs. Allison Russo (D).
• Ohio 2026 Supreme Court Election — two seats; win both and the 6–1 GOP court goes 4–3.
• Ohio's 9th Congressional District (2026) — Kaptur–Merrin rematch, decided by 0.32% in 2024.
• Ohio's 1st Congressional District (2026) — Landsman's seat, redrawn Republican for 2026.

Concepts — systems & institutions

• Ohio 2025 Congressional Redistricting — the mid-decade map that reshaped the House races.
• Redistricting (Ohio) — Ohio's recurring line-drawing fights.
• Gerrymandering — drawing lines to entrench advantage.
• Voting Rights in Ohio — ballot access in Ohio.
• Election Administration in Ohio — the machinery of running elections.
• Democracy and Institutions (Ohio) — the publication's core lens on Ohio institutions.
• U.S. Senate Control and Ohio — how Senate control runs through Ohio.
• U.S. House Control and Ohio — how House control runs through Ohio's redrawn map.

Concepts — Issues

The substantive stakes the 2026 races decide. One page per issue.

• Reproductive Rights in Ohio — settled at the ballot in 2023, contested by officeholders.
• LGBTQ+ Rights in Ohio — the gender-affirming-care ban (HB 68) and "bathroom" law (SB 104), in court.
• Healthcare in Ohio — Medicaid coverage on the line, maternal mortality, rural hospital closures.
• Public Health as a Political Stake (Ohio) — a political fault line since the pandemic.
• Education Politics in Ohio — SB 1, vouchers on trial, school funding, and the "Parents' Bill of Rights."
• Housing and Cost of Living in Ohio — a ~264,000-unit shortage, rising evictions, preempted tenant tools.
• Property Taxes in Ohio — the valuation surge and relief fight (abolition pushed to 2027).
• Economy and Material Stakes (Ohio) — the material-stakes grounding frame.
• Labor and Working-Class Politics in Ohio — union density above the national rate but sliding; the 2011 SB 5 repeal vs. the 2025 anti-union bills.
• Manufacturing in Ohio — Intel's delay, subsidized EV-plant layoffs, and the tariff winners-and-losers split.
• Energy and Utilities in Ohio — the HB 6 / FirstEnergy corruption cleanup and who pays for the grid.
• Environment and Climate in Ohio — East Palestine, fracking in state parks, and the H2Ohio cut.
• Cannabis Policy in Ohio — Issue 2 legalization and the legislature's rewrite (SB 56).
• Guns and Firearms Policy in Ohio — deregulation, preemption, and the court fight over local gun laws.
• Immigration and the Springfield Story (Ohio) — Springfield's Haitian community and the 2024 disinformation episode.
• Media, Local News, and Disinformation in Ohio — news deserts, pink slime, and the Springfield playbook.

Entities — people

• Amy Acton — physician; Democratic nominee for governor.
• Allison Russo — former House Minority Leader; Democratic nominee for Secretary of State.
• Colleen O'Donnell — Republican nominee challenging Brunner for a Supreme Court seat.
• Dave Yost — term-limited Republican Attorney General.
• Derek Merrin — Republican challenger in OH-9.
• Frank LaRose — term-limited Republican Secretary of State, running for Auditor.
• Greg Landsman — Democratic incumbent in a redrawn OH-1.
• Jennifer Brunner — the lone Democrat on the Ohio Supreme Court.
• Jon Husted — appointed Republican U.S. Senator; former Secretary of State.
• Keith Faber — State Auditor; Republican nominee for Attorney General.
• Marcy Kaptur — longest-serving woman in U.S. House history (OH-9).
• Marilyn Zayas — Democratic nominee for the second 2026 Supreme Court seat.
• Mike DeWine — term-limited Republican governor.
• Robert Sprague — State Treasurer; Republican nominee for Secretary of State.
• Sherrod Brown — Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.
• Vivek Ramaswamy — Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor.

Entities — institutions & offices

• Ohio Attorney General — Ohio's chief legal officer.
• Ohio General Assembly — the GOP-supermajority state legislature.
• Ohio Supreme Court — Ohio's 6–1 Republican court of last resort.
• Ohio Secretary of State — Ohio's chief elections officer.

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