Watch Now

Politics

Actions

Candidates for Ohio governor debate in Dayton

Posted at 5:27 PM, Sep 19, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-19 19:58:28-04

For the first time in eight years, the two leading candidates for Ohio governor faced off in their first debate Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Dayton.

Watch the full debate on the News 5 Cleveland Facebook page here:

Republican Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray met up as a new Baldwin Wallace University/Community Research Institute pollhas DeWine leading Cordray 41.8 to 37 percent with 21.3 percent undecided.

This was be the first Ohio governor's debate since 2010 because Governor John Kasich and Democratic challenger Ed Fitzgerald did not debate four years ago.

RELATED: Ohio candidates for governor Mike DeWine and Richard Cordray go head to head infirstdebate

Copyright 2018 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Download our streaming app on your favorite device. Click here for more.

Click here to see how we follow through