The Tom Roten Show

Ohio's Senate President Rob McColley is the GOP candidate for Lt. Governor (running mate with Vivek Ramaswamy). Chris Miller is a Republican candidate running for West Virginia Senate in District 5. Kentucky State Rep. Patrick Flannery (R) is running for reelection in District 96.

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President Trump made another appearance in Ohio Wednesday night. Total Media Radio was there and our Justin Drummond gave a full report on my morning show. Also, Secretary of State Frank LaRose urges people to get out and vote. LaRose is the GOP nominee for Ohio Auditor. Also, Gallia County Auditor, Republican Robbie Jacks comments on his recent social media post regarding Vivek Ramaswamy.

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Sutton turned 21 today! For 9 straight years, my youngest son has come on the show for his birthday. His latest predictions are classic!

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The latest polling in the Ohio Governor's race shows the GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy leading Democrat Amy Acton 47-45%. Acton has refused to debate and Vivek says she is hiding and has lobbed lies at him. 

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Covering the 2026 Election with three candidates for the US House. First, US Rep. Carol Miller is the Republican seeking reelection in West Virginia District 1. Her Democrat challenger, Vince George, is also on this episode. And Ace Parsi is the Democrat nominee in WV's 2nd Congressional District.

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Three guests on the 2026 campaign trail are part of this episode. Keith Faber is the current Auditor of State and GOP candidate for Ohio Attorney General. Ted Berry is a Republican member of the Grove City, OH City Council, but is campaigning for the Democrat candidate for Ohio Governor - Amy Acton. Tye Ward is a Libertarian Party candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates in District 15, which includes Roane and most of Wirt Counties.

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Matt Gallagher with Americans for Prosperity–West Virginia discusses the declining enrollment in the public schools. A recent report revealed an enrollment decrease of more than 8,000 students in the last year.

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Two candidates for Family Court Judge in Cabell County are on this episode.

Governor Patrick Morrisey appointed Eleni Christina Kontos-Miller to serve as Family Court Judge for the Sixth Family Court Circuit, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Patricia Keller. Now Kontos-Miller and Paula Harbour are running to fill the unexpired term.

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Libertarian Party candidate for US House in KY-4 is asking why he and the Democrat nominee were left out of the public television debate that featured only the Republican. Jeremy Todd talks about how many liberty-minded conservatives feel betrayed by Trump and the GOP establishment. Also, Ashland City Commission candidate Fred Unrue gives a full report on the public meeting about a possible data center coming to Ashland, KY.

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Belinda has previously run for US House as an Independent, now she's running as a member of the Constitution Party of West Virginia.

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Former Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche gives insight into the Protect College Sports Act, which had previously included language that could override state protections for girls. Craig is CEO of 
the Family Policy Alliance as a coalition of forty state family policy councils dedicated to protecting the rights of girls in sports.

Also on this episode, we learn which states are refusing to bow down to DEI in the classroom. 
West Virginia has surprisingly secured the sixth position in the national education integrity rankings, a testament to its efforts in promoting a more straightforward educational environment. Te...

A Republican and a Democrat will appear on the ballot in the race for Cabell County Commissioner. On this episode, you'll also hear from an Independent candidate who's running as a write-in candidate. Luke Smith has worked for EMS in Cabell County and is a real estate professional.

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Zak Fletcher with The Human Bean talks about the company's Day of Giving, Friday, Oct. 16th at all 3 locations. 

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In 2002, then Huntington, WV Mayor David Felinton made drastic cuts to the city's police force. The City has never been the same. Many advised against the move, including the Chief of Police who was fired over the disagreement. That former Chief went on to challenge the Democrat Mayor in the next election, but fell short. Now that former candidate and former police chief is running for an open seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Listen to my interview with Gordon Ramey, who's running against former Delegate Ric Griffith in District 27.

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Can Senator Shelley Moore Capito be deafeated? In a candid dialogue, Marshall Wilson, the Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, shares his insights on the need to realign the government with constitutional principles.

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Exploring the impact of vaccines and the push for informed consent. Jackie Schlegel shares her deeply personal journey into the medical freedom movement, rooted in her own family's experience with vaccine injury. Many parents, like Jackie, enter this space unprepared for the reality that lies ahead. Jackie is the founder of Texans for Medical Freedom and encourages people to vote for candidates who promote policy that aligns with health freedom.


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As we approach the midterm elections, the spotlight is on Ohio, where the races for governor and Senate are heating up. I'm joined by Jim Pfaff, President of The Conservative Caucus to unpack the dynamics at play. Can Sen. Jon Husted hold off former Sen. Sherrod Brown Ohio Senate Race?

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Annemarie Woofter is a Parkersburg, WV mother who is not anti-vax, but also for parental rights when it comes to childhood immunizations. She is not for OVER vaccination and she's done her research. Listen as she describes her legal battle over seeking provisional enrollment while a medical exemption is being considered for her son to attend school.

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Frustration with the Republican Party is growing across the nation. Even in deep red West Virginia, there seems to be some divide in the conservative movement over data centers, flock cameras, and giving tax breaks to corporations while hesitant to give motorists a break on the gas tax. My guest and I discuss these issues and more. Taylor Richmond chairs the Libertarian Party of West Virginia and is running for state senate in the 13th district.

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Join community members and leaders from across Boyd County and Kentucky for an evening focused on leadership, service, civic engagement, and opportunity. It's 6-9pm Thur., Oct. 8th at the Boyd Co. Community Center. Moderated by Leslie Hubert of the Leadership Institute.

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Rumbaugh is a current member of Huntington City Council and a Democrat candidate challenging GOP Commissioner John Mandt Jr. Tia discusses her NO vote on Flock Cameras and shares her reasons for seeking the county commission position.

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Senate President McColley is Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate. He talks about the gas tax holiday in Ohio and about the Governor's race. Also, Jessica Anderson, President of the Sentinel Action Fund, discusses her group's $10M investment in the Ohio Governor's race and the endorsement of US Sen. Jon Husted in his race.

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Let Them Live was founded by Nathan and Emily Berning in 2019 after they were connected with a woman who was homeless and abortion-minded because she couldn’t pay her bills. They emptied their bank account and gave her the financial assistance she needed to keep her baby. After saving her and her baby from abortion, they realized that many other women were getting abortions due to financial burden often caused by the father of the baby or from lack of support from immediate friends and family. And so Let Them Live was born – with a mission dedicated to fina...

Tye Ward lives in Roan County and is running for the House of Delegates in West Virginia's 15th District as a member of the Libertarian Party.

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Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips would have been 29 today. He was killed during a traffic stop on the interstate in Warren Co. He leaves behind a wife and 3 sons. Listen as retired KY State Police Captain James Stephens talks about how you can honor Trooper Phillips by helping his family.



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He's not afraid to criticize his own party when needed. Jay Edwards is a former Ohio State Rep. from District 94 who won the Republican nomination for state Treasurer.

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Former West Virginia House member and current Cabell County Commissioner John Mandt Jr. discusses pending legal issues and associated backlash as he runs for reelection.

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It was great to meet Matt Keeney, owner of The Meal Prep Company - Keeney's Kitchen. Listen to his American success story!

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Ashby Kave and his wife opened their Hope Gas July bill on August 14th shocked at the cost - $670! And the Kaves only use natural gas to heat their home in the Winter. After checking with other Milton, WV residents, they discovered several other customers have been over charged, including one woman's bill being over $1,000 for one month. Listen as Ashby shares this frustration that has led to a filing with the PSC.

Also, former WV House candidate Andrew Lowry shares his concerns about Flock cameras in Huntington and the possibility of something similar at Marshall University.
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More than a decade of uncollected sales tax! Cash not properly stored! More than 10,000 state artifacts missing!

According to WestVirginiaWatch: A new audit from the West Virginia Office of the Legislative Auditor revealed a litany of past financial issues and inventory missteps within the Department of Arts, Culture and History. There were thousands of state artifacts held at the West Virginia State Museum missing from required inventory lists. The Legislature moved the Department. of Arts, Culture of History under the Department of Tourism in 2025 at the direction of Gov. Patrick Morrisey. That’s when the laundry list of iss...

Could it be that true revival in America might require a loss of freedom? 
Listen to a compelling conversation with Dan Chung, the author of *A Hard Freedom*, who has dedicated over two decades to sharing the gospel with people from one of the most dangerous places on Earth: North Korea. During our discussion, Dan reveals an astonishing reality: there is a quiet revival happening within the underground church in North Korea. Organizations like Voice of the Martyrs report that Christianity is thriving despite the oppressive regime. "Christianity was formed under a dictatorship, under the Roman Empire. It is d...

Bryan Davis, a former Scioto County commissioner was sentenced to 30 months in prison Wednesday after he admitted involvement in a kickback scheme involving the Southern Ohio Port Authority and a Portsmouth-area business park, Auditor of State Keith Faber announced. Faber, who's also a candidate this November for Ohio Attorney General, is on this episode as well as Total Media news broadcaster Bill Shope. Shope has been on the ground covering this corruption issue since the beginning.

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US Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a resolution to impeach the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The privilege motion would force a vote within 48 hours, however, Speaker Mike Johnson recessed the House. Massie also discussed his Epstein Transparency Act II, the PRIME Act, term limits, and Flock cameras.

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The PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Piketon, Ohio, is planned to be the world's largest artificial intelligence data center and power generation site. This is the same site of the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant which began with a mission to increase the national production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and maintain the nation's superiority in the development and use of nuclear energy. My guest Vina Colley worked at the plant for 7 years and has, like other employees, suffered health conditions she says were caused by her employment there. Vina is the President of Portsmouth Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety...

Guest Jessica Dobrinsky is a health policy fellow with the Cardinal Institute of West Virginia. She has long been an advocate for free market health care and to help achieve that, states should repeal Certificate of Need laws.

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Voters in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District have an alternative to the 2-party system. Dr. Pete Lynch is running as a member of the Kentucky Party. He discusses concerns about data centers, flock cameras, the Iran war, and more.

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Ace Parsi is a Democrat candidate for US House in WV-2. He's running against incumbent Republican US Rep. Riley Moore.

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Adam Sigrist is the founder of CATUS - a feisty non-profit apparel line built to fight human traffickng in the United States. Expose traffickers. Demand accountability. Support survivors with all of our profits.

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The Civil Rights Lawyer, John Bryan Attorney at Law, has some interesting videos of police officers violating 4th Amendment rights of what turns out to be, many times, innocent people. In one video I watched on his Facebook page, a woman in Florida was arrested and jailed for a crime she did not commit Police used Flock cameras to find her! My guest John Bryan is a West Virginia attorney.

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Earlier this year, Do No Harm released a report on the ways healthcare providers could skirt medical coding rules to receive insurance reimbursements for such procedures. DNH has also extensively contributed to the recent establishment of distinct medical diagnosis codes for gender transition, desistance, and detransition. 

Now the Department of Health and Human Services is exposing fraudulent coding for transgender procedures on minors. The report, entitled Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine,” cites Do No Harm research throughout the report highlighting the institutions that...