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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Battleground: How the outcome of the Ohio Senate race affects us all

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Npr, Talk Show, Daily

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The 2024 Ohio senate contest could determine the balance of power in of the U.S. senate. What’s at stake in Ohio?

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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

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There's an old saying about American politics, as Ohio goes, so goes the nation, and there's some truth to that.

0:37.0

Back in 2004, Democrat John Kerry came close to winning the presidency, but Ohio delivered the election to George W Bush.

0:46.1

Four years later, Barack Obama carried the state helping him win the White House.

0:51.8

Since then, it has swung a lot more red. Twice voting for Donald

0:55.8

Trump, now a pivotal election in Ohio could determine the balance of power in the

1:02.0

U.S US Senate.

1:03.0

Democrat Sherrod Brown, a progressive populist, is running for his fourth term.

1:08.0

His challenger is Bernie Marino, a Trump-backed political newcomer who says it's time for new blood.

1:16.0

The reality is we have an opportunity now.

1:19.3

We have an opportunity now to retire the old commmy and send them to retirement home and save this country.

1:26.0

But Sherrod Brown, an ally of the working class, has a record of defying political gravity,

1:31.0

showing how a Democrat can win in the American heartland.

1:35.4

He says Marino is in the race for the wrong reason.

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