Columbus, Ohio – Last week, a new report from the U.S. News & World Report ranked Ohio as the 13th worst state in the country. For Ohioans who have watched as Republicans used their illegal supermajorities to gut education, rip away personal freedoms, and destroy our state’s economy, this ranking is disappointing, but not surprising.

Under years of Republican control, Ohioans’ quality of life has deteriorated while costs have gone up. Instead of fighting for access to education, healthcare, and a good-paying job, Republicans have left Ohioans behind in service of billionaires and fellow party insiders. Every Republican on the ballot owns the state of our state- and Ohio Democrats will make sure voters know they’re responsible.

“Ohioans are seeing their quality of life go down while their state government would rather reward billionaires and extremists,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer. “Voters can expect to see Republican candidates try every trick in the book to avoid taking responsibility for the decline in our state, but at the end of the day they only have themselves to blame. Ohioans deserve better from our state government.”