Ohio is "all dumpy" in new report on political sentiment

• "Businesses are closing, the roads look like crap. Grocery prices are outrageous, and I can barely afford to live."

State of play: Once a bellwether swing state that blushed deeply red during the Trump era, Ohio now has toss-up races for governor and U.S. Senate, plus several competitive congressional seats.

• That includes the Cleveland suburban 7th District, where Democratic challenger Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker, is taking on scandal-ridden incumbent Rep. Max Miller (R-Bay Village).

Between the lines: Statewide discontent isn't correlating directly with Democratic enthusiasm, per the Times.

• Across the political spectrum, voters expressed frustration with institutions and politics generally.

Zoom out: The story was written in part by the Times' new Ohio correspondent, Jessica Contrera, an Akron native who was hired this month after a decade at the Washington Post.