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Cordray Makes It Official
- Filed under: Ohio 2008, Ohio Government
- Date: Jun 22,2008
Yesterday the Ohio Democratic Party officially nominated Rich Cordray to run for Ohio Attorney General. Cordray is a natural choice to run for the position. "An attorney by profession, he argued six cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and taught for 15 years at Ohio State’s law school." He started his political career in Franklin County and is well known in central Ohio. However, Cordray has his work cut out for him to introduce himself to voters across the state. State Treasurer isn't the kind of position that most voters, including me, really follow. I have had the opportunity to see Cordray speak and he is very good on the stump. He's a bit soft spoken, but very smart and will be able to effectively outline his vision for the Office of the Attorney General. He's also a stark contrast to Marc Dann. Dann as a rough and tumble guy from Youngstown who wasn't expected to actually beat Betty Montgomery. Cordray is much more polished and will be able to make the case that he will restore and respect the A.G. office.
Right now Ohio Auditor of State Mary Taylor is the only Republican to hold statewide office. Republicans have yet to nominate a candidate for the A.G. position. It is going to be an important decision. This race is also an opportunity for the Republicans to use the Marc Dann debacle to brand Democrats as corrupt in Ohio. I'd expect the Ohio Republican Party to make an announcement tomorrow or in the next couple days. Buckeye State Blog is reporting that Petro will be the Republican nominee.
6 Responses for "Cordray Makes It Official"
I think Petro would make it a very competitve race. I would think his statewide ID recognition would be higher than Cordray, though in this case that may not be an advantage.
We dont have much of a chance with any other candidate.
From what little I've read on this topic, Ben seems to be right. Everyone says Betty Montgomery will not run.
Betty Montgomery would have been the best choice but she couldnt be talked into it.
Petro will be a tough candidate, but it is going to be a tough race for him to win. Strickland has solid approval numbers and I think Ohio voters are happy to have moved past the Taft Administration, in which Petro served as AG.
I'm surprised John Kasich hasn't run for anything in the past couple cycles. I'm not saying this is the right race for him, but if I were a Republican, I'd want that guy to jump back in.
He is going to run but youre a couple of years ahead of yourself
The talk about moving past Taft is interesting, given that both Petro and Cordray are in the top 6 beneficiaries of Coingate with Tom Noe. They are both powered by dirty money.
Makes you wonder what's the point…perhaps its time to bring in an outsider rather than recycle the same old names.
There is an independent in this race - it will be tough to get name recognition but Robert Owens has a reasonable platform.
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