Can Greg Landsman Hold Ohio’s 1st District Against Eric Conroy? Ft. Greg Landsman

Ohio's 1st Congressional District is one of the most watched House races in the country, and with Election Day on November 3, I sat down with Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Cincinnati) to hear his case for a third term against Republican Eric Conroy.

Landsman walks through his background as a former teacher, the Cincinnati Preschool Promise ballot measure he led, and his five years on Cincinnati City Council before Congress. From there we get into how Ohio went from the nation's bellwether to a reliably red state, what he says partisan gerrymandering and voter roll purges have done to turnout, and why he believes this year's voter enthusiasm can overcome the redrawn OH-1 map, which now reaches into Warren County and Clinton County.

We also talk about the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother, which drew criticism from Democrats and some Republicans in the closing weeks of the Ohio governor race.

On the economy, Landsman lays out what he calls the short-term affordability fixes: ending the tariffs, ending the war, restoring health care cuts, and extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. He then makes the case for three structural changes: a tax code where the top pays more and working people get refundable tax cuts, breaking up corporate consolidation in markets like health care and food, and steering more capital toward traditional lending instead of high-risk investment banking. He also talks about money in politics and says he does not take corporate PAC money.

On data centers and AI in Ohio, Landsman explains the federal framework he plans to combine into one data center reform bill after the election: data centers pay their full energy costs under Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversight, a $15 million per day penalty for noncompliance, disclosure of water sources and water use, environmental standards for air, noise, light, and soil, escrow money to return sites to farmland, and a ban on NDAs between public officials and developers.

We close on voting and elections: Landsman's support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, his push to end partisan gerrymandering and dark money, and his final message to Ohio voters. Have a plan, bring your ID, and vote early at your county board of elections or on November 3.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome: why Ohio local politics matters

00:41 Who is Greg Landsman? Teacher, Preschool Promise, Cincinnati City Hall

02:29 Is Ohio turning blue? Gerrymandering and turnout

06:54 Landsman on Eric Conroy and the OH-1 race

07:43 The Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's mother

10:20 Affordability plan: tariffs, health care, ACA subsidies

11:38 Structural fixes: taxes, corporate consolidation, Wall Street

15:56 Data centers and AI in Ohio

17:54 Inside Landsman's data center reform bill

20:17 Voting rights, gerrymandering, and the SAVE Act

22:34 Final pitch to Ohio voters

23:33 Outro

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