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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 June 2008 10:23 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 11 June 2008 12:08
The 5 Time Jeopardy Champion is also the same guy who lost by 24 points to former GOP AG Betty Montgomery in 1998. The answer…Who is Richard Cordray?
From the Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. Ted Strickland today will endorse state Treasurer Richard Cordray for attorney general in a move intended to clear the Democratic field for Cordray.
The governor’s office scheduled a morning news conference on the west steps of the Statehouse to announce the endorsement.
With Strickland’s blessing, Cordray is viewed as a virtual shoo-in to become the party’s nominee for attorney general when the Ohio Democratic Party’s central and executive committees meet June 21.
Cordray refused to comment yesterday, as did a spokesman for Strickland.
The governing bodies of both parties are scheduled to meet June 21 to select candidates to run Nov. 4 for the remaining two years of the term vacated by former Attorney General Marc Dann, who resigned May 14 after an investigation of sexual harassment and other problems in his office.
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