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Jeremy Pelzer

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By day, I'm a mild-mannered reporter covering politics for @ClevelandDotCom . Dad, #Cubs fan, @UofIllinois / @UISPAR grad. Opinions are cheap; facts are expensive.

Columbus, Ohio
Joined April 2007
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
I’m getting married today! What advice do you have for me, in four words?
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2 years
Every Trump-endorsed candidate in Ohio's Republican primary won tonight #OhioPrimary
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2 years
BREAKING NEWS: my wife Meag is pregnant with our first child! In a plot twist, we found out the day before we were set to begin IVF.
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1 year
Opponents of HJR1 chant in the Ohio Statehouse rotunda. The proposed constitutional amendment would make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments, including an abortion-rights measure in November
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3 years
Fight breaks out outside the Ohio Statehouse between pro-Trump/Proud Boys protesters and counter-protester
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3 years
Warning: Violent clash between pro-Trump/Proud Boys protestors and counter protestor
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4 years
BREAKING: Ohio Supreme Court rules against Kanye West's attempt to make the Ohio ballot as an independent presidential candidate
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6 years
Another Ohio Statehouse resignation for inappropriate behavior – this time, it’s @WesleyGoodman
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4 years
I've covered @MikeDeWine for at least 7 years, but I can't remember a more strongly worded press release from him than his one this morning blasting the FDA for limiting the deployment of @Battelle 's mask-sterilization technology
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4 years
BREAKING: @OHdeptofhealth director @DrAmyActon orders Ohio polls closed tomorrow "as a health emergency"
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1 year
In East Palestine, residents have burning eyes, sore throats, and headaches. Babies have respiratory issues. People's pets are suffering and dying. And many affected are having problems getting the $1,000 “inconvenience checks” offered by Norfolk Southern
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Jeremy Pelzer
2 years
. @Liz_Cheney , speaking in Cleveland, says she would vote for Democrat @TimRyan in Ohio's U.S. Senate race over Republican @JDVance
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2 years
BREAKING: Ohio Supreme Court orders all state lawmakers to be elected at large in 2022, with all candidates' names listed on one long statewide ballot. Top 99 Ohio House, 17 Ohio Senate candidates who get the most votes will win seats #redistricting
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8 months
Dozens of public comments urging the state of Ohio to allow fracking in state parks were sent in the names of people without their knowledge or permission. One was a 9-yr-old girl. The story gets even deeper from there. Great reporting by @Jake_Zuckerman
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2 years
Gov. Mike DeWine (who's seeking re-election) and other Ohio Republicans have trumpeted the benefits of American Rescue Plan Act funding without mentioning that the act was passed by Congress without a single Republican vote in support
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
Wow — I certainly wasn’t expecting a response like this! I tweeted this on a whim, but I got some very real, wise marriage advice and tips. And with respect to those who are urging me to “run away,” I’m quite happy staying right where I am, with my new wife ❤️
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
Meanwhile, outside the Columbus hotel the @VP is speaking at this afternoon, the #GayPenceParty is in full swing
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Jeremy Pelzer
8 years
. @NinaTurner on being denied Bernie nomination speaking slot #ImWithNina #DemsInPhilly #DemConvention
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5 years
President Trump has arrived in Dayton
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2 years
THIS JUST IN: Louisa Jane Pelzer, born at 12:54 am today. She’s healthy and well, as is her mom (we even managed to each get an hour’s sleep this morning!)
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6 months
Exit poll: Ohio's Issue 1 was backed by: 84% of Black voters 74% of Hispanic voters 61% of women 54% of men 54% of white voters 53% of married women 49% of married men 24% of white evangelicals
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4 years
BREAKING: Gov. @MikeDeWine recommends that Ohio's primary election, set to take place tomorrow, has been extended until June 2 because of #coronavirus
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4 years
A third Democratic Ohio House seat has flipped to the Republicans: @MikeLoychik beats @GilBlairLaw in HD-63
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1 year
Hear me out. Ohio: Free to enter, $10,000 toll to leave
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
So I took this photo yesterday of two guys from Delaware, Ohio at a Trump rally. Learn more about them here.
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Jeremy Pelzer
8 months
Mitt Romney goes off on J.D. Vance to The Atlantic: “I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance" “It’s like, really? You sell yourself so cheap?” “How do you sit next to him at lunch?”
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
A hacker has released code allowing anyone to automatically submit junk data to Ohio’s controversial COVID-19 Fraud website...to overwhelm the site with a flood of fake submissions, making it harder to process claims and thus deny people their benefits
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Jeremy Pelzer
8 years
The protests have already started in Cleveland
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
Inbox: @JimRenacci campaign releases statement by attorney describing "an unexpected, uninvited, unwanted, and sudden advance" by @SherrodBrown on an unnamed woman #OHSen
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
Ohio’s in-person voter turnout during the first week of early voting hit record levels, more than tripling turnout during the same time four years ago
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3 years
Householder has been expelled by a 75-21 vote
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Jeremy Pelzer
2 years
New PUCO audit finds no evidence that FirstEnergy’s $150M-per-year grid modernization fee was actually used for grid modernization. In fact, FirstEnergy didn't track how the money was spent, so the auditors couldn't tell if any $ was used for HB6 lobbying
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Jeremy Pelzer
9 years
Tear gas deployed on High St http://t.co/OOhJG8tYUr
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1 year
A freshman Ohio state representative who has already come under scrutiny for belatedly or never reporting tax liens and $1.45 million in outstanding debts is now falsely claiming he graduated from MIT
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Jeremy Pelzer
2 years
Happy April Fools’ Day to those who celebrate
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
Inbox: U.S. Rep. @Marcy_Kaptur endorses @JoeBiden . She endorsed @BernieSanders in 2016
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Jeremy Pelzer
9 months
Marjorie Taylor Greene's 2020 campaign manager, as well as two others who worked for other members of Congress, have agreed to pay more than $50,000 for their roles in an East Palestine charity scam
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Jeremy Pelzer
10 months
Nearly 3 years after ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested for overseeing the largest bribery scheme in state history, Ohio lawmakers have yet to pass any legislation to change state ethics or campaign-finance law. I tried to find out why.
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1 year
Friday news dump: @MikeDeWine named Dan McCarthy to the State Racing Commission. McCarthy resigned as DeWine's legislative lobbyist in 2021 amid scrutiny for his ties to a group that routed FirstEnergy bribe money to Larry Householder's political operation
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1 year
Newly released documents show how FirstEnergy worked with DeWine administration officials & lawmakers to lobby for the passage of HB6, the bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history. Here's what @Jake_Zuckerman and I found
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1 year
What a photo by Joseph Maiorana of the Toledo Blade of @DerekMerrin as the vote totals came in showing he lost the Ohio House speaker's race to @JasonCStephens
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11 months
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the Ohio Constitution allows Republican state lawmakers to set an Aug. 8 special election on State Issue 1, even though the legislature banned August elections a few months earlier
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Jeremy Pelzer
9 months
Within just three weeks of the Ohio House steering hundreds of millions more in Medicaid dollars to state nursing homes in the budget, House Finance Committee Chair Jay Edwards accepted $465,000 from nursing home executives, @Jake_Zuckerman found
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
U.S. Rep. ⁦ @Jim_Jordan ⁩ pumps up the crowd at the grand opening of Trump’s 2020 Ohio campaign HQ in Westerville, north of Columbus
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1 year
Lawyers for ex-FirstEnergy executives say their clients face "looming potential indictments" because they were “undeniably at the forefront” of the federal investigation into the HB6 scandal. @Jake_Zuckerman reports
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
I'll gladly add my name to the growing list of people praising @DrAmyActon for her #coronavirus work so far. She's one of the rare people who has deep technical knowledge, good communications skills, and grace under pressure. Ohio's lucky to have her
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1 year
I’ve covered the Ohio Statehouse for 10 years, and I don’t remember the last time I saw this many protesters inside
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Jeremy Pelzer
9 months
Ohio Secretary of State @FrankLaRose was scheduled to vote and have a media event at 11 am, but spokesman Rob Nichols says that was canceled because anti-Issue 1 activists got wind of it and intended to protest there. LaRose will vote sometime later today, Nichols said
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4 years
BREAKING: Ohio to close all restaurants and bars effective 9 pm tonight, Gov. @MikeDeWine says
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1 year
Ohio Gov. @MikeDeWine spokesman Dan Tierney on Householder conviction: "Governor DeWine respectfully declines comment."
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Jeremy Pelzer
3 years
Gov. Mike DeWine, when @NBCMolly told him she also has a springer spaniel #dogpeople
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
2018 #OH12 Democratic nominee @dannyoconnor1 says he’s endorsing @PeteButtigieg for president
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Jeremy Pelzer
14 days
The other day, during a news conference with Democratic leaders at the Ohio Statehouse, I noticed something very unexpected behind them in the tile near the fireplace -- swastikas.
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
@SteveKoff @Noahpinion @MLSchultze If anyone knows of any enemies, please DM me.
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Jeremy Pelzer
5 months
Ohio Secretary of State @FrankLaRose says the rewrites to the ballot language of Issue 1 that he helped push through were written with the help of anti-abortion groups in a way intended to help defeat it, @AndrewJTobias reports
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
Inbox: @PeteButtigieg campaign announces @NDionOH as his Ohio state director
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
. @Clevelanddotcom can confirm: @DannyOConnor1 's #OH12 watch party has an open bar, while @Troy_Balderson 's party has a cash bar #partylikeajournalist
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Jeremy Pelzer
2 years
In a way, this will be the first Super Bowl with two Ohio teams, given that the Rams started in Cleveland in 1936
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
Every @Dennis_Kucinich story today should include this vintage photo
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9 years
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2 years
(Caveat: Many of the incumbent members of Congress he endorsed ran unopposed)
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5 years
Jim Siegel was simply a great reporter. He was a tenacious journalist who was respected as much as he was well-liked. His death is a blow not only to those who knew him, but the public as a whole.
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
BREAKING: Ohio is closing all fitness centers, gyms, bowling alleys, rec centers, movie theaters, water parks, trampoline parks, Gov. @MikeDeWine says, because of #coronavirus
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7 months
New @BaldwinWallace poll: 58% of Ohio registered voters support Issue 1, which would put abortion rights in the state constitution
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Jeremy Pelzer
2 years
BREAKING: Federal court panel orders @FrankLaRose to hold Ohio's legislative primaries on Aug. 2 using GOP-authored redistricting maps ruled unconstitutional twice by the Ohio Supreme Court. More soon at
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
I think we can all agree the real hero of today's Ohio House speaker election was House Clerk Brad Young, who had to rattle off 91 names 11 different times, then record and tally each vote. If you see him, buy him a drink or a Ricola.
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Jeremy Pelzer
3 years
And you guys thought the craziest Ohio GOP primary next year was gonna be for governor
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Jeremy Pelzer
6 years
BREAKING: @Dennis_Kucinich files designation of treasurer form to run for Ohio governor #OHGov
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Jeremy Pelzer
9 years
More High Street mayhem #gobucks http://t.co/4lmde8jx1k
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
Today was supposed to be my wedding day, until the coronavirus hit. I’ve never been more upset about lovely spring weather.
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Jeremy Pelzer
8 years
Crowd at Ohio State as @HillaryClinton comes on stage
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Jeremy Pelzer
3 years
Campaigning and governing are two different skill sets, and it's a flaw in our system of government that our leaders need to be good at the former to do the latter.
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Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
My car was stolen overnight from my driveway on Columbus’ South Side. It’s a gray 2013 Toyota Corolla, license # GPF6733, on the off-chance you see it. In a related story, I’m ready to get the hell out of this year.
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2 years
Less than a month after news that Cleveland businessman Tony George is "Individual B" in @FirstEnergy 's deferred prosecution agreement over the HB6 scandal, he's co-hosting a fundraiser today for Ohio Supreme Court Justice @PatDeWine . Background:
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1 year
Lots of people dunking on Ohio. Yeah, it’s not the sexiest state, and it has problems like anywhere else. But it’s a good place to live & a very underrated place to visit. I think it’d surprise a lot of people who slam it but haven’t spent time here. Signed, A non-native Ohioan
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8 months
My analysis of the new Republican Ohio legislative redistricting plan: It would make it easier for the GOP to expand their supermajorities in both the House and Senate, as well as create fewer competitive districts overall
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