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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

OH-02: McEwen to Challenge Schmidt

Posted by DavidNYC

Former Rep. Bob McEwen has announced that he'll challenge Rep. Jean Schmidt in a primary. McEwen lost to Schmidt in the special election primary last year. He also used to represent southern Ohio's 6th district, but lost to Democrat Ted Strickland (now running for OH-Gov) after redistricting in 1992. (He was actually a rare Republican victim of Newt Gingrich's hyping of the House check-kiting scandal.)

Anyhow, I'll bet that McEwen won't be the only one to take on Schmidt. She's incredibly vulnerable (at least in a primary), given her abysmally weak win over Paul Hackett and her atrocious performance on the floor of the House. However, win or lose, I doubt that lightning will strike twice and that we'll see another competitive race in OH-02 in November.

(Thanks to Georgia10.)

Posted at 10:40 PM in 2006 Elections - House, Ohio | Technorati

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FYI, David, the WSJ has the latest Zogby battleground poll up.

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/2_0323.html?mod=public_home_us

Paul Hackett and Sherrod Brown are really running a tight race in the primary.

Posted by: desi [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 18, 2006 11:49 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I think Brinkman is running in OH-2 also. Anybody know if he is or isn't?

Posted by: RBH [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 19, 2006 12:28 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Thanks, desi. I don't actually post the Zogby Happy Fun-Tymes Almost-Polls because, well, I think they're really for entertainment value only. :) In all seriousness, the methodology is too suspect, and his results in 2004 were the least accurate of any pollster as a result.

Posted by: DavidNYC [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 19, 2006 01:12 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Hey, I'll take my happy fun where I can get it. :)

Posted by: desi [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 19, 2006 07:46 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Brinkman said he wasn't going to run to give McEwen a clear shot. Now he's hinting that he might run after all. This would be a big win for Schmidt if he does.

Posted by: Ohio 2nd [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 20, 2006 11:48 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment