This morning I right after Meet the Press ended on our local NBC affiliate – WLWT Channel 5, an interesting commercial ran. The commercial was for Jean Schmidt where it was proclaimed that her Republican primary opponent, Bob McEwen was not an Ohio Resident.
What is interesting about this is that the Ohio Elections Commission addressed the claim that McEwen wasn’t an Ohio resident this past week, on the very same day they reprimanded Schmidt for lying:
The Ohio Elections Commission on Thursday found that Republican U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt violated campaign law by claiming on her Web site last year that she had two college degrees when she had only one.
The commission, which ruled unanimously against Schmidt, issued a public reprimand for the violation. The commission also dismissed a complaint that Schmidt’s campaign filed against her opponent in Tuesday’s primary, former U.S. Rep. Bob McEwen, claiming he wasn’t an Ohio resident.
It was the latest setback for Schmidt, who went to Congress last year in a special election to replace Rob Portman, whom President Bush appointed as U.S. trade representative and is set to take over the White House budget office.
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In dismissing the complaint against McEwen, the commission found that he was a resident of suburban Cincinnati. Schmidt’s campaign had claimed that his primary residence was in Virginia
Now I am no elections law guru but to me that ad should not be allowed to run since the charge against McEwen for that was dismissed. It is my understanding that Schmidt has filled for appeals on these decisions however I do not know if she can continue to make these claims. Perhaps this will lead Jean “Full Of” Schmidt back to the elections commission for another violation.