Thoughts of 2022 election likely to figure into Ohio’s next two-year budget, for better or worse: Thomas Suddes Updated Apr 11, 2021; You have to wonder if Statehouse debate on Ohio’s pending state budget – for the two years beginning July 1 – will produce a Spring Surprise. Any officeholder, including Gov. Mike DeWine and General Assembly incumbents, would rather say “yes” than “no” at budget time, especially when she or he will be seeking re-election in 2022. And it looks like Ohio’s gravy boat is running over. At the moment, the bad news is still bad: The General Assembly still – after 24 years and counting – hasn’t fixed school funding. And it still hasn’t fully repealed House Bill 6, which continues to force Ohio’s electricity consumers to subsidize two coal-burning power plants (one, in Indiana).