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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

OH-Gov: Montgomey (R) Dropping out of Race

Posted by DavidNYC

Republican State Auditor Betty Montgomery is dropping out of the race for Ohio governor. That leaves Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and Attorney General Jim Petro to compete for the nomination. (In a recent Rasmussen poll, she performed the worst against the only Dem candidate, Rep. Ted Strickland.) Montgomery is instead going to seek the AG nomination (shades of Pirro), an office she once held but was term-limited out of in 2002.

(Thanks to Earl in Ohio.)

Posted at 12:12 AM in 2006 Elections - State, Ohio | Technorati

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Actually there are two other candidates for the Dem Nomination for Governor:

Bryan Flannery
http://www.flanneryforgovernor.org/

and now, Eric Fingerhut

http://www.fingerhutforgovernor.com/

Posted by: Ohanon at January 24, 2006 07:00 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I meant only Dem candidate in the poll. But, also, does anyone think Strickland has a real chance of losing?

Posted by: DavidNYC at January 24, 2006 09:08 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

It's official, Betty has withdrawn from the race for governor with insipid platitudes of "best of luck to both". Will run for Attorney General again.

Never seen so many brush cuts in the same room in my life....

Posted by: Ohanon at January 24, 2006 11:02 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment