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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

Campaigns Ramp Up As Election Day Nears

Jim Nolan/WVXU
We look at the news affecting Greater Cincinnati and the Tri-state

 

Candidates for Cincinnati mayor and city council make their final push before Tuesday's election as supporters and opponents of Ohio Issues 1 and 2 ramp up their campaigns.

Joining us to discuss the candidates and issues on the November 7th ballot are WCPO.com/WCPO Insider Politics and Government reporter Paula Christian; Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Bureaureporter Jo Ingles;Cincinnati Enquirerpolitical columnist Jason Williams; and WVXU politics reporter Howard Wilkinson.