Appalachian Ohio

He has the opportunity to understand the hard work that it takes to be able to, to rise up.

And he also understands he's been traveling this state, more than anybody over the last two years, including down in Appalachia, including we've spent three days of this bus tour down in Southeast Ohio, really to let the people in your listenership know how seriously we take this for Appalachia.

We want an economic growth policy that includes all parts of the state.

It was important to him, even when he chose me as his running mate, that he has somebody from rural Ohio.

not somebody from the three C's somebody from the rural parts of the state who understands the challenges that many of those people are dealing with.

And so when we say we want a, an economic development policy and growth policy that impacts all of Ohio, that certainly includes Appalachian and certainly includes the fact that we're going to use our energy industry.

We're going to use Ohio energy, right? That's extracted right down in Southeast Ohio.

to create Ohio jobs and lower energy costs for Ohioans.

I'm talking about like six bankers boxes full of voters.

But we've also seen it in Hamilton County, down in Cincinnati, Franklin County, which is Columbus, of course, Wayne County, Stark County, even little old Jackson County, which is a beautiful place in Appalachian, Ohio.

So, yeah, it's really all over the state, but we're not going to let them get away with this kind of stuff.

All right.

It's an urban and rural thing.

It's throughout Appalachian, Ohio.

It's throughout every part of our state.

Ohioans know that this is a good way to make your voice heard.

I'm talking about like six bankers boxes full of voter registration forms.

But we've also seen it in Hamilton County, down in Cincinnati, Franklin County, which is Columbus, of course, Wayne County, Stark County, even little old Jackson County, which is a beautiful place in Appalachian, Ohio.

So, yeah, it's really all over the state, but we're not going to let them get away with this kind of stuff.

All right.

And happy to share a little bit more about myself.

Um, I'm a Midwest kid, you know, originally from Ohio, um, Southeast Ohio, very small town and went to Ohio university.

Um, most of my career has been spent in sports working for teams.

Um, you know, after school, after college, I was in Orlando with the Orlando magic.

I just thought, today I want to be the best I can be at this job.

I mean, my first job out of college, I was covering high school sports in Appalachian, Ohio.

And I said, damn it, I'm going to write the best story about Megs and Gallup Police girls softball.

I didn't, you know, whatever it was, I just wanted to do so.

You know, I never one time thought about that stuff.

I just thought, "Today I wanna be the best I can be at this job." I mean, i- my first job out of college, I was covering high school sports in Appalachian, Ohio.

And I said, "Damn it, I'm gonna write the best story about Megs and Gallup Police Girls Softball."

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So there's been some rallies just in the last 10 days of President Trump.

But the other night, he was in Youngstown, and there was a good, enthusiastic crowd there With us on the phone is the candidate for state treasurer, Jay Edwards, and Jay is a former state representative from southeast Ohio, and he is running for state treasurer, and he's been working the state all across the various counties throughout the year.

Jay, welcome to the program.

Thank you for having me, Chris.

We support common sense.

I've always lived my life on one consistency.

I have a little diner down home in southeast Ohio.

I frequented a lot as a state representative.