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Washington Post
a day ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Ohio graduate student says he'll make another bid for governor in 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio State University master's student said Wednesday that he's making an independent bid for governor in 2026 . This marks Timothy Grady's second go at the office. The 28-year-old who says he advocates 'new economic thinking' and systemic political change ran what he describes as a 'largely satirical' write-in campaign in 2022. He earned the endorsement of performance artist and activist Vermin Supreme and finishing fourth of six candidates with 574 votes.
Associated Press
a day ago
- Politics
- Associated Press
Ohio graduate student says he'll make another bid for governor in 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio State University master's student said Wednesday that he's making an independent bid for governor in 2026. This marks Timothy Grady's second go at the office. The 28-year-old who says he advocates 'new economic thinking' and systemic political change ran what he describes as a 'largely satirical' write-in campaign in 2022. He earned the endorsement of performance artist and activist Vermin Supreme and finishing fourth of six candidates with 574 votes. This time, he's entering a race that includes billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who is backed by Trump and the state Republican Party, Appalachian entrepreneur Heather Hill, and Democrat Amy Acton, a former state health director who led Ohio through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grady said in a news release that he is 'still not the candidate Ohioans deserve,' but, 'In the current field, I can confidently say I'm the best candidate for the job, because our toxic politics otherwise keeps good people out.' A native of northern Ohio's Richland County, Grady is working toward a master's of public administration at the university's John Glenn College of Public Affairs. He recently chaired and led a reorganization of the Ohio chapter of the Forward Party, a centrist political movement founded by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
