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Ohio voters angry about power bills may not vote on it

Ohio electricity costs are about fifty percent higher than six years ago, and the Senate race between Husted and Brown is fought over who to blame; the voters shrug.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOhio electricity costs are about fifty percent higher than six years ago, and a lot of Ohio voters say that won't change how they vote.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, I have a sincere question.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifty percent more on the bill, gas up even more. So who are they saving their anger for? A special occasion?

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Times found voters in Ohio who are frustrated and still not moved.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeanwhile there's a proposed data center campus in Pike County that could cost more than five hundred billion dollars.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFive hundred billion. That's a big campus.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the Senate race has two answers. Jon Husted blames Democratic climate policies and twenty-three closed power plants.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSherrod Brown says taxpayers are paying two point five billion dollars to what he calls billionaire data center people.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwo candidates, two culprits, and one guy at home who gets the bill for both.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Ohio Manufacturers' Association says it's not a data center crisis. Good news. It's a different crisis.

  11. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's what I call bipartisan!

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUp fifty percent in six years, and the only thing Ohio is raising is its tolerance.

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