COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Democratic Party chairman wants to know by the end of the week whether the state’s ruling Republicans are willing to compromise on a new congressional district map. The current map, drawn by the GOP and signed into law in September, is on hold after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it is subject to possible repeal by voters. Senate Republicans had appropriated money to local elections boards in the bill in a move they hoped would make it effective immediately and shield it from repeal.
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are neck and neck in filling their presidential campaign coffers after a summer of strong fundraising amid voter anger over jobs and the economy. They’re pulling in big bucks — $30 million combined — though not nearly as big as the man they hope to replace in the White House.
Oct 14 2011 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One crisis averted, on to the next. The day after Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown — again — Republicans and Democrats stared ahead Tuesday at major fights over spending that underscore a deep divide that’s sure to define the fast-approaching national elections.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama urged enthusiastic college students Wednesday to join him in his fight to get Congress to act on his new jobs bill. “Every single one of you can help make this bill a reality,” the president called out at a hot and noisy rally at North Carolina State University.
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The leader of the local Democratic Party criticized Republican State Rep. Andrew Brenner for his association with a Powell business that owes more than $43,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes. “It gets down to these things where people say one thing in their campaigns, and in their personal lives, they’re 180 degrees opposite,” said Ed Helvey, chair of the Delaware County Democratic Party.
Aug 26 2011 | Posted in
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On the heels of a police investigation into a July 11 domestic incident at their home, State Sen. Kris Jordan and Delaware County Recorder Melissa Jordan have issued a statement asking for “privacy” as they work through their personal issues.
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COLUMBUS — Ohio’s feisty ex-elections chief announced Friday that he won’t run in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Sherrod Brown. Republican Ken Blackwell made his intentions known in an interview with The Daily Caller, for which he’s a columnist, and later in a brief statement on Twitter: “I am not running for the United States Senate.”
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