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| D:1 | RP ( 5508.02 points) | January 05, 2018 01:23pm |
Whoa - frontrunner Josh Mandel just dropped out. (Wife has a health issue)
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| R:194 | Scott³ ( 8757.19 points) | January 05, 2018 10:31pm |
Mandel was never the ideal choice to run against the wife beater in the general.
Hopefully a woman wins the GOP nomination.
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“Wife beater”? Source please.
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| R:194 | Scott³ ( 8757.19 points) | January 06, 2018 09:18pm |
I love how Democrats conveniently ignore accusations of abuse from Sherrod Brown’s 1986 divorce case.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4113.60 points) | January 06, 2018 10:06pm |
Got me on this one, Scott.
Found an article from the 2012 campaign where they examine it (contains both campaigns' responses): [Link]
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 7748.48 points) | January 07, 2018 03:49pm |
Both John Kasich and Mary Taylor said over the weekend they won’t be getting into this race. Looks like unless Republicans find a candidate Gibbons will be it.
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| R:194 | Scott³ ( 8757.19 points) | January 07, 2018 04:18pm |
I heard that Renacci might be jumping in.
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 7748.48 points) | January 07, 2018 06:40pm |
Yeh, I’ve read a number of names are possible replacement candidates including Tiberi, Stivers, and Renacci. The Ohio GOP has until Feb 7. There is a deep bench in Ohio, if party needs to work together to figure out which one of the stronger candidates in the Govenors race moves to this race. If not it will be huge lost opportunity. This was a seat the GOP needed the Democrats to spend money on saving. Without a credible candidate here, the Democrats will be throwing money in other races in 2018.
The Republicans should still keep the Senate, but without a credible candidate here, the math and money shifts significantly.
I personally would have liked Kasich to step in.
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Brown is going to be sitting on over $10 million COH when 4Q reports come out over the next few days. Not that dark money and PACS won't erase that deficit for the eventual Republican nominee.
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| D:8509 | DylanSH99 ( 1668.75 points) | January 09, 2018 09:34am |
McConnell's apparently trying to get Vance to run. [Link]
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| I:9626 | Bojicat ( 912.46 points) | January 09, 2018 03:03pm |
Funny find, DylanSH99. A 'Hillbilly' Senator...from Ohio. McConnell ought to spend his energy more on persuading Kasich to run, the GOP's only chance against Brown.
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 7748.48 points) | January 09, 2018 10:50pm |
I think J.D. Vance can self-fund. He ticks a lot of the boxes needed for a late entry candidate: 1. Self-fund, 2. Name Recognition (some) 3. Scandal free.
Its a hail-mary by McConnell. If the Vance news is going public, all the other big names have already said no.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4113.60 points) | January 11, 2018 09:49am |
Renacci is in.
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