Ken Blackwell

Ken Blackwell

CP Op-Ed Contributor

J. Kenneth Blackwell is Chairman of the Center For Election Integrity at the America First Policy Institute. He formerly served as Ohio Treasurer and Secretary of State.

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  • President Trump: Make Sure Foreign Governments Play by the Rules

    President Trump: Make Sure Foreign Governments Play by the Rules

    In his first ever address to a joint-session of Congress, President Donald Trump took a firm stand on the side of the American people.

  • Countering OPEC to Achieve an America First Energy Strategy

    Countering OPEC to Achieve an America First Energy Strategy

    For decades, conventional wisdom held that the United States would remain reliant on imported oil as domestic reserves were either too limited or too expensive to be accessible. Yet in the early years of this new century, a small group of American innovators tackled the shale formations in our nation's heartland with new technology.

  • Let the Market Fix Health Care

    Let the Market Fix Health Care

    Republicans agree that Obamacare has failed and must be repealed. But they can't agree on the replacement "plan."

  • Is Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Out of the 'Mainstream'?

    Is Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Out of the 'Mainstream'?

    "Mainstream." We are having a country-wide civics lesson on who is or is not out of our mainstream: Senate Democrats or the Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch?

  • Donald Trump Lost the Popular Vote But Won the Respect Vote

    Donald Trump Lost the Popular Vote But Won the Respect Vote

    Donald Trump isn't the first Republican president denounced as "illegitimate." The Left spent eight years refusing to get over George W. Bush's victory in 2000. It was the same issue. He won the election by the rules, but Al Gore had more "popular" votes.

  • Confirm Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

    Confirm Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

    Contrary to the expectations of many people, President-elect Donald Trump has been filling his cabinet with serious, no-nonsense conservatives.

  • Stopping America's Drug Epidemic

    Stopping America's Drug Epidemic

    This 2016 presidential race was a hard fought campaign. President-elect Donald J. Trump campaigned on a bold and conservative platform of making our cities safe again.

  • Hillary Clinton Is a Cheater

    Hillary Clinton Is a Cheater

    Not too long ago, Democrats were the ones claiming elections were stolen.

  • Trumped Up

    Trumped Up

    If you rely on press coverage of the presidential race you probably think everything is fine in America. No foreign threats. No domestic crises. No budget or crime problems. Certainly nothing important enough to warrant discussing where the candidates stand.

  • China's Hostile Cyber and Trade War Threatens National Security

    China's Hostile Cyber and Trade War Threatens National Security

    As we witness the home stretch of the presidential election with candidate debates, campaign stops, and political ads, both parties have an opportunity to talk substantively about a serious trade issue — ongoing efforts by China to hack and steal intellectual property from U.S.