Leadership

A Recap of the Election Nationally

Ned Monroe senior vice president of external relations of the National Association of Manufacturers put together a nice slide deck overview of the general election nationally.  It’s a good quick way to see how America voted.  Check it out here.  11/10/2016

Campaign Donors Favor Republicans in Ohio Legislative Races

A Columbus Dispatch campaign finance analysis shows Ohio Republicans raised more money from donors than Democrats in a nearly 3-to-1 ratio, and the newspaper lists the most generous organizations and individual donors.  11/8/2016

Support for Sens. Brown & Portman on Fair Trade

In a letter to the editor of Crain’s Cleveland Business, OMA’s Ryan Augsburger, VP and Managing Director, Public Policy Services, recognizes recent work by Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman in the defense of fair trade.  Their work protects Ohio and U.S. manufacturing jobs.  Read the letter here.

University Resources for Business Conference, November 17

A half-day conference is offered by the Office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and The Ohio State University.  It’s entitled, “Growing Your Business:  The Untapped Resources of Ohio’s Universities.” 

The event will provide participants with advice and information about the resources available from Ohio’s colleges and universities and will include panel discussions on sponsored research, workforce development, raising capital, and working with technology transfer offices. 

Lunch will follow the panel discussions and will feature a keynote address by Andrew Deye, Director of Strategy for JobsOhio. 

The conference is Thursday, November 17 at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University campus, with opening remarks beginning at 9:00 a.m. and lunch concluding by 1:00 p.m.  There is no charge.  11/10/2016

Haven’t Voted Yet? Take Our Cheat Sheet to the Poll

The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Political Action Committee (OMA-PAC) endorsed these Ohio House and Senate candidates for election.

The three Supreme Court of Ohio candidates endorsed by OMA-PAC are Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, Judge Pat Fischer and Judge Pat DeWine.

Candidate and district details are in the 2016 Ohio Election Guide.

The NAM’s Voter Guide is here.  10/31/2016

Get Election Results with Manufacturers’ Perspective

On election night, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) team will be reporting election results live from its HQ as they come in from around the nation.  If you would like to receive real-time election night results via email from the NAM Election Night War Room, click here.  11/2/2016

Trump Leads in Ohio

In the latest Quinnipiac swing state poll, Donald Trump has moved into a lead in Ohio of 46-41% over Hillary Clinton, with Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson pulling in 5%. Trump and Clinton were deadlocked at 45% each in the university’s Oct. 17 survey.

Ohio early voters back Clinton 58-32%.  Trump’s Ohio lead is built on his 48-38% lead among men, compared to Clinton’s 44-44% tie among women, and an overwhelming 48-30% lead among independent voters.

In three other battleground states, Clinton now leads Mr. Trump in Florida by 46-45%, in Pennsylvania by 48-43%, and in North Carolina by 47-44%, according to Quinnipiac.   11/2/2016

Marijuana on the Ballot in 9 States

Marijuana legalization in one form or another is on the ballot in nine states throughout the nation next week.

OMA Connections Partner, Frantz Ward, has tallied up the referendums.  Seven states seek to expand what is already legal and two states seek to enter the medical marijuana field.  Here is a recap of what is on the ballot and where the current polling stands in these states.  10/31/2016

Site Selection Ranks Ohio’s Business Climate Third Overall

Ohio finished third overall in Site Selection’s annual ranking of state business climates. Georgia and North Carolina were numbers one and two.

Fifty percent of the ranking is based on a survey of site selectors – corporate facility investors and site consultants — who indicate simply which states they deem to be the most business friendly. That’s the subjective part. The other 50 percent — the objective side — is a combination of factors primarily based on announced project data that resides in the Conway Projects Database which credits areas with corporate facility projects of at least $1 million in capital investment, 20 or more new jobs or new construction of at least 20,000 sq. ft.  11/3/2016

Regional Accounting Firm Compiling Manufacturing Economic Report

The Manufacturing Industry Group of OMA Connections Partner, Schneider Downs, invites participation in its 2016 Annual Economic Survey of the manufacturing industry.  This is the sixth year for its survey; the goal is to provide manufacturers with a snapshot of the industry’s performance over the last year.

This survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and is anonymous.  Responses are kindly requested by November 7, 2016.  Start survey here.  Download last year’s survey here.  11/1/2016