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Title: GOP Voters In Ohio Turn Back Tea Party Challengers
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Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news ... -party-challengers-686131.html
Published: May 5, 2010
Author: By MATT LEINGANG, The Associated Press
Post Date: 2010-05-05 01:48:17 by Brian S
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republicans chose established candidates over tea party challengers in two statewide races Tuesday, while Democrats picked their lineups as they try to protect a slim majority in the Ohio House come November. The conservative tea party movement was at the center of an intensely competitive primary for state auditor. In the end, Delaware County prosecutor David Yost, the GOP's chosen candidate, defeated state Rep. Seth Morgan, who was the first big candidate to be endorsed by the newly formed Ohio Tea Party political action committee. With 67 percent of precincts reporting unofficial results, Yost received 65 percent of the vote, while state Rep. Seth Morgan got 35 percent. "I think Republican voters opted for judgment and experience," said Yost, who pledged to reach out to tea party voters in the coming months and have a united GOP in the fall. Yost will face Democrat David Pepper, a Hamilton County commissioner, in the November election. In the GOP primary for secretary of state, state Sen. Jon Husted defeated Sandra O'Brien, who had won some tea party backing with her conservative record and crusade against higher taxes. With 68 percent of precincts reporting unofficial results, Husted received 68 percent of the vote to 32 percent for O'Brien. Husted, a former House speaker, ran on a decade-long record in state government that includes a push for election reform. He'll face Democrat Maryellen O'Shaughnessy in November. O'Shaughnessy is the clerk at the Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Husted said he'll position himself in the general election as a candidate who has concrete ideas for improving Ohio's fortunes, starting with plans to create a bipartisan board to draw legislative and congressional districts. Democrats also had a lot on the line Tuesday as they look to November. Democrats hold a 53-46 majority in the House but will be running fall campaigns amid a tough economy and the fear of a voter backlash against incumbents. The party gained seven House seats during a Democratic resurgence helped by President Barack Obama's election in 2008, taking control of the chamber for the first time since 1995. One of the seats up for grabs is in the 17th District, a Democratic-leaning area near Cleveland represented by Republican state Rep. Josh Mandel, who is leaving to run for state treasurer. With 14 percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Kelli Perk held a lead over Tim White. In the Ohio Senate, the GOP has a 21-12 majority, and a shift in power this fall is improbable. But several closely watched primary races were settled Tuesday. In the 7th District, Republican Sen. Shannon Jones of Springboro defeated former state Rep. Michelle Schneider. Both candidates had sparred over who had more anti-tax credentials. With 59 percent of precincts reporting unofficial results, Jones received 64 percent of the vote to 36 percent for Schneider.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Wow, impressive! LOL! State auditor and SoS! Just exactly how consequential are those offices? Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
Yost will face Democrat David Pepper, a Hamilton County commissioner, in the November election. One of the more interesting races in the primary for the GOP was for was current city council woman Leslie Ghiz v Monzel. They were both running for the Republican nominee for County Commissioner. It featured one of the single most devastating political campaign commercials I've ever seen. Ghiz made the mistake of saying in a high pitched, dismissive voice on a local talk radio interview 'Just because I'm a Republican doesn't mean anyyyyyy thing!'. Monzel used that over and over and over again, and wiped the floor with this airhead. Monzel will face Jim Tarbell in November. Hamilton County (Cincinnati) has a three commissioner set up, so whichever wins will determine which party controls this important county for the next two years.
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
GOP Voters In Ohio Turn Back Tea Party Challengers
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
"I think Republican voters opted for judgment and experience," said Yost, who pledged to reach out to tea party voters in the coming months and have a united GOP in the fall.
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