Obama Cancels University of Akron Rally

Due to the widespread damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama has canceled Wednesday's Akron rally to focus on the storm.

President Barack Obama has canceled his campaign stop at the University of Akron on Wednesday. According to whitehouse.gov, the President will remain in Washington D.C. to monitor Hurricane Sandy, and help coordinate the federal response and relief effort.  Stay tuned to Patch for updates on the President's campaign schedule as he's expected to return to Ohio before Election Day on Nov. 6.

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Obama Rallying at University of Akron Wednesday

President Barack Obama will make a campaign stop in the Rubber City this week.

President Barack Obama will make yet another campaign stop in Ohio when he visits the University of Akron on Wednesday.  According to the Obama campaign, the Commander-in-Chief will take the stage at 12:30 p.m. at James A. Rhodes Arena.  The event is free and open to the public.  Tickets will be made available starting Monday at 8 a.m. at the following locations:

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Shirley

11:37 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Jean - How much food did you donate to the Dayton "relief event". Also, 4 years of not doing what was promised ---- well ---- is that not a lie? Come on........let's call it what it is ........ someone did tell a non-truth about a lot of things since 2008 and they are also cutting either 90mil or 90bil from FEMA and a whole lot of money from Medicare. Enough said......   more ›

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in North Canton: Tweets

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will speak at Hoover High School Friday at 6:30 p.m. Here's what people are Tweeting.

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UPDATE: Huge Crowds Seek Tickets to Obama's Kent State Stop Wednesday

Campaign officials limiting tickets to 5,000

About 5,000 lucky supporters of President Barack Obama will listen to his campaign message in person Wednesday when he speaks at the Kent State University Memorial Athletic Convocation Center. Hundreds of people from around Northeast Ohio lined up as early as 3:30 a.m. today to get their ticket to see the president when he stops in Kent Wednesday afternoon. On the Kent State campus, one of two ticket give-away locations in Kent, the line stretched early this morning from outside the Kent State Library along the Esplanade, past the MACC, down Terrace Drive and around the May 4 1970 Memorial to Taylor Hall. Evan Gildenblatt, executive director of Kent State's Undergraduate Student Government speaking for the Obama Ohio campaign, said he wasn…

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Barack Obama's Kent Stop May Not Prove Costly to City

President is scheduled to visit Kent State Wednesday

President Barack Obama's planned campaign stop in Kent on Wednesday may not prove as costly as recent stops in other small towns across the country. Kent Police Chief Michelle Lee said information remains scarce about the Democratic incumbent's scheduled visit, but he is expected to be in Kent by 3:50 p.m. Wednesday via the Akron-Canton Airport. Lee said the time may change. "That’s going to depend on where exactly he’s going to go," she said. "The plan is he’s going to be on the (Kent State University) campus somewhere." University officials haven't released any information about the stop and still had no comment when asked about the president's planned visit Friday. "We can neither confirm nor deny the report," Kent State spokesperson …

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