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Gubernatorial election

Kasich asks Strickland to scrap rail contracts

November 9, 2010

By Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS: Ohio's incoming Republican governor is sticking with plans to scrap high-speed rail, a decision the federal government said will cost the state millions of dollars. John Kasich, who succeeds Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in January, asked Strickland on Monday to immediately cancel all passenger rail contracts to save [...]

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Ohio Senate to weigh lame duck governor’s casino picks

November 4, 2010

Associated Press COLUMBUS: Ohio's GOP-led Senate will decide before lame duck Gov. Ted Strickland leaves office whether to approve his nominees to regulate the state's new casino industry. State Sen. Tom Niehaus wouldn't say Thursday how lawmakers will vote on Strickland's choices, which include four Democrats and three Republicans. Niehaus, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, [...]

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Kasich eyes closing budget gap

November 4, 2010

Associated Press COLUMBUS: Gov.-elect John Kasich said Wednesday no government program will be safe under his administration as he seeks ways to address a looming budget gap that could approach $8 billion. Kasich, a 58-year-old former Republican congressman elected Tuesday to replace Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, said ''nothing will be left off the table'' as [...]

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REPUBLICANS SWEEP STATEWIDE OFFICES

November 3, 2010

By Rick Armon and Paula Schleis Beacon Journal staff writers Ohio voters sent a strong Election Day message to Democrats — No, you can't. Riding a wave of voter disenchantment over the economy and unemployment, Republicans appear to have swept all the major statewide seats Tuesday, including the highly prized gubernatorial and U.S. Senate positions. [...]

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Different polls, different results

November 1, 2010

Two polls released on the eve of Election Day show different results in the Ohio gubernatorial race — one a tie and the other a victory by Republican John Kasich. Quinnipiac University, which has showed wide leads for Kasich in the past several weeks, now has Kasich with 47 percent to Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland's [...]

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Bill Clinton campaigns in Stark for Boccieri, Strickland

October 30, 2010

Rick Armon Beacon Journal staff writer CANTON: Former President Bill Clinton urged Ohioans on Saturday to ''take a walk down factual lane'' before Election Day. Speaking at a Democratic rally for Gov. Ted Strickland and U.S. Rep. John Boccieri of Alliance, Clinton blamed Republicans for the country's economic malaise and said Democrats are just digging [...]

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McDonald’s franchisee apologizes for election letter to employees

October 29, 2010

By Phil Trexler Beacon Journal staff writer The owner of a chain of McDonald's restaurants in Stark County has issued an apology after sending a letter with his employees' paychecks encouraging them to vote for three Republicans. Businessman Paul Siegfried sent out the apology Friday after area Democrats and Canton attorney Allen Schulman threatened to [...]

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3 governors stump in SW Ohio for Kasich

October 29, 2010

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that three governors, all potential presidential candidates in 2012, were in Southwest Ohio Thursday campaigning for Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich. Govs. Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Chris Christie of New Jersey were with Kasich and running mate Mary Taylor of Green at “The New Way for [...]

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Obama’s Ohio visits important to 2012, too

October 29, 2010

The New York Times is reporting that President Obama's repeated trips to Ohio are as important to his re-election in 2012 as they are to Gov. Ted Strickland's re-election this year. The most politically important state in America, at least in the eyes of the White House, is Ohio. President Obama arrives this weekend for [...]

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Ohio’s Democratic gov. aiming for rural GOP votes

October 29, 2010

BY JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press TIFFIN — Ohio's Democratic governor is making a push to pick up votes in conservative rural areas during the final days of the governor's race. It's a strategy Gov. Ted Strickland used to win the state four years ago. This time his campaign is passing out leaflets at high school [...]

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Strickland, Brown visiting phone banks, including one in Akron

October 29, 2010

     Gov. Ted Strickland and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown plan to stop by local phone banks, including one in Akron, today to meet with campaign volunteers.      They will visit the phone bank at the Summit County Democratic Party headquarters, 438 Grant. St. in Akron, at 11:30 a.m.       Strickland and Brown then will move [...]

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Strickland, Kasich and others rally support in Summit County

October 27, 2010

Marilyn Miller and John Higgins Beacon Journal staff writers With the days winding down till the 2010 general election, the campaign rhetoric is heating up. Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and his Republican challenger, John Kasich, each visited Summit County on Wednesday and brought a message to their ardent supporters: I am the right man for [...]

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Rancor is the word in Ohio’s border states

October 27, 2010

Ohio's neighbors are experiencing tough elections that include lots of money, attack ads and polling that shows rapidly changing dynamics. Polling shows Republicans to be gaining the upper hand. In PennsylvaniaFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer: THE DEMOCRATIC nominees in the races for U.S. Senate and governor insisted yesterday that they are in dead heats with their [...]

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Location for Clinton rally changed

October 27, 2010

    The location for a Saturday rally featuring former President Bill Clinton – in support of Gov. Ted Strickland – has been changed again.      The event will be held at noon at Tozzi’s, a restaurant and banquet hall at 4210 12th St. N.W. in Canton, instead of two other Stark County locations that previously [...]

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The numbers behind the latest Ohio news poll

October 26, 2010

Ohio's eight largest newspapers, among them the Akron Beacon Journal, sponsored the latest political poll conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. The poll showed John Kasich and Ted Strickland in a statistical dead heat for governor. Results to the questions also revealed how voters felt about the two candidates [...]

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