Secretary of State Jon Husted has been on the campaign trail this week . He told a group of about 50 supporters in Cleveland today that he can help Ohio 鈥渨in the future.鈥�
The 49-year-old Jon Husted was a speaker of the Ohio House, but he spends more time talking about being a football star at the University of Dayton. He says it taught him how to win.
Husted explains that he is a conservative who wants Ohio to be liberated from the federal government by being able to spend federal dollars 鈥渢he way we want.鈥�
鈥淎nd if we had the ability to innovate our health-care programs, our job-training programs, our poverty programs, we鈥檇 do better."
States may get the ability to innovate health coverage under Trumpcare -- the House-passed replacement for the Affordable Care Act -- although Husted says that鈥檚 still up in the air.
鈥淭he one thing I do know is that when I鈥檓 governor we will cover pre-existing conditions," he said.
Husted says he鈥檚 a believer in school choice and would work towards closing the funding gap between rich and poor districts. But he wouldn鈥檛 say if that means expanding vouchers for private schools.
"I want to make sure kids have access to a quality school to get a quality education and I don鈥檛 have any bias about where that happens.鈥�
Husted calls education 鈥渢he great equalizer.鈥�
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