This new poll about Ohio's 2018 election should worry Republicans COLUMBUS - Even in a strong year for Democrats, Republicans assumed they could count on the Ohio governor's race. Maybe not. A new Enquirer / Suffolk University poll – the first statewide, independent poll since the Ohio primary – showed Democrat Richard Cordray leading Republican Mike DeWine in the governor's race, 43 percent to 36 percent among likely voters. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/06/12/ohio-governor-senate-poll/693957002/