As election time grows nearer, I am going to focus more on the races here in Ohio. We are a key state this year that can turn blue so I believe it is imperative to keep focus on these races. I will still work to bring news and views from around the country and world, so […]
This is some great news from the Buckeye State: Democrat Ted Strickland has surged to a surprising lead of 20 percentage points in the first Dispatch Poll on Ohio’s Nov. 7 race for governor. Meanwhile, Democrat Sherrod Brown holds an 8-point edge in his bid to unseat two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine. Strickland’s 47-to-27 advantage […]
This is sick: The controversial video of the burning World Trade Center towers in a television campaign ad for Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine is doctored, U.S. News has learned. The television spot, which has been lambasted by critics as a political exploitation of the Sept. 11, attacks Democrat challenger Rep. Sherrod Brown for being weak […]
The Ohio Senate race will be incumbent Republican Mike DeWine against Democrat Sherrod Brown.
Salon has a very interesting article about one of my Senators – Mike DeWine. DeWine is facing a tough re-election this year against Sherrod Brown and it looks like he is trying to distance himself from the standard GOP talking points even more: With his neatly combed brown hair, button-down white shirts, middle-aged slouch and […]
Paul Hackett has announced he will not be running for Senate here in Ohio. He did so after party leaders asked him not too. Sadly Hackett also said he is hanging up his political hat and spending more time with his family. There were hopes that he would run against Jean Schmidt in OH-2, who […]
Paul Hackett announced today that he will challenge Republican Mike Dewine next year. From today’s Cincinnati Enquirer: Hackett aims for Senate Democrat will challenge DeWine in 2006 election By David Hammer The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Paul Hackett, the Iraq War veteran who was hailed by national Democrats for his narrow loss this summer in […]