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Last Updated on Friday, 16 May 2008 01:05 Written by rslcpol Friday, 16 May 2008 01:05
From The Plain Dealer:
The race to fill former Attorney General Marc Dann’s office will distract the Ohio Republican and Democratic parties from their main mission this fall: helping their respective presidential nominees win the state.
And the race, though short, will be expensive.
Thanks to Dann, who resigned Wednesday following a sexual harassment scandal, each party has to pick a candidate by Aug. 20 and will most likely try to raise at least a million dollars.
The Chillicothe Gazette tells us some possible replacements; Keanu Reeves?
Republicans (would oppose Strickland’s appointee or other Democratic nominee in November):
* Douglas Cole, state solicitor general from 2002 to 2006.* Mike DeWine, former state lawmaker and U.S. senator.
* Betty Montgomery, attorney general from 1994-2002, says she won’t run.
* Ron O’Brien, Franklin County prosecutor, considered a run for the job in 2006.
* Jim Petro, attorney general from 2002 to 2006, gave up the post for an unsuccessful run for governor. Said to prefer running for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 2010.