Franklin County Homecoming

[Schmajo]

7/30/06
http://www.dispatch.com/news/news.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/30/20060730-B3-00.html

“The nearly 100 Democratic Party volunteers gathered at state party headquarters yesterday morning heard rousing speeches from candidates, including a fresh-faced healthcare attorney and a battlehardened political veteran. One thing was clear: These aren’t the unknown, unfunded ballot-fillers that Ohio Democrats have often sent to predictable general-election defeats in recent years.
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It’s early, of course. Republicans still have a second-to-none state party machine and, particularly in the legislature, a multimillion-dollar fundraising advantage that they can use to slap the smiles right off their opponents’ faces.
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(House Speaker) Husted, a Kettering Republican who helped build up a record $4 million caucus campaign fund, said his numbers show House incumbents are struggling, regardless of party affiliation.

He said he remains confident, praising his crop of candidates as ‘one of the best we’ve ever had.’ He expects they’ll do fine once they tell voters about accomplishments such as income-tax cuts.
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