/tags/franklin-county-democratic-party Franklin County Democratic Party en-US Copyright Wed, 23 Jul 2025 01:27:39 GMT /politics-government/2025-07-22/democrats-endorse-tiara-ross-for-columbus-city-council-district-7-race-despite-calls-for-neutrality Columbus City Council candidate Jesse Vogel asked the county party to stay out of the race. His opponent Tiara Ross sought the endorsement. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 01:27:39 GMT /politics-government/2025-07-22/democrats-endorse-tiara-ross-for-columbus-city-council-district-7-race-despite-calls-for-neutrality George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-07-22/columbus-city-council-candidates-both-claim-to-be-progressive-as-democrats-deal-with-leftward-shift Both Tiara Ross and Jesse Vogel have claimed the "progressive" mantle that is used by Democrats who don't identify with the moderate wing of their party. More and more Democrats have been embracing the label since U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders first ran for president. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:20:10 GMT /politics-government/2025-07-22/columbus-city-council-candidates-both-claim-to-be-progressive-as-democrats-deal-with-leftward-shift George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-07-22/endorsement-debate-for-columbus-city-council-to-reignite-at-franklin-county-democrats-meeting Tiara Ross is aiming for an endorsement from the Franklin County Democratic Party after consolidating support from all of Columbus City Council and Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther. Her opponent Jesse Vogel wants the party to sit out of the election for the District 7 seat. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics-government/2025-07-22/endorsement-debate-for-columbus-city-council-to-reignite-at-franklin-county-democrats-meeting George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-04-18/franklin-county-democrats-endorse-in-columbus-school-board-race-leave-city-council-to-voters The county party's screening committee weighed endorsing or not in both races, but opted to move ahead only with the three open seats on the Columbus City Schools' Board of Education. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-18/franklin-county-democrats-endorse-in-columbus-school-board-race-leave-city-council-to-voters George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-04-14/franklin-co-democrats-may-not-endorse-a-candidate-in-contested-columbus-city-council-primary The county’s Democratic chairman says they likely won’t weigh in on a tightly contested three-way race for Columbus City Council District 7. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-14/franklin-co-democrats-may-not-endorse-a-candidate-in-contested-columbus-city-council-primary George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-04-09/franklin-co-democrats-chair-calls-endorsing-ccs-board-member-brandon-simmons-a-mistake Michael Sexton made the comments in an interview with ÍøÆغÚÁÏ. Simmons apologized for his actions and said he respects Sexton's opinion. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:04:14 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-09/franklin-co-democrats-chair-calls-endorsing-ccs-board-member-brandon-simmons-a-mistake George Shillcock /news/2019-11-20/morgan-harper-sitting-out-democratic-endorsement-in-3rd-district-race Progressive Morgan Harper is urging the local Democratic Party to refrain from endorsing a candidate in the primary race for Ohio's 3rd Congressional… Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:30:00 GMT /news/2019-11-20/morgan-harper-sitting-out-democratic-endorsement-in-3rd-district-race Nick Evans /news/2016-02-25/rift-in-local-democratic-party-appears-wider A rift in the Franklin County Democratic Party appears wider as various factions vie for seats on the party’s central committee.Central committee… Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:24:29 GMT /news/2016-02-25/rift-in-local-democratic-party-appears-wider