Gov Kasich/Kevin DeWine (state GOP chairman) battle overshadows Ohio GOP primary
from the Politico..
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.. Gov. John Kasich and state Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine have been locked in their own pitched battle in a state where Republicans currently hold all the levers of power in Columbus.
The dispute was triggered when Kasich was elected in 2010 and met with DeWine to ask him to step aside. The move stunned state politicos since DeWine was coming off of one of the most successful GOP sweeps in the country — Republicans ran the table in 2010, winning the governorship, flipping the state House, expanding their margins in the state Senate and picking up five congressional seats.
DeWine — who is elected by a state central committee that governs the party — declined the request. A few months later, the committee unanimously reelected DeWine.
Kasich’s allies say the governor simply wanted a loyalist in the highly political job. And since that time, they have aggressively and publicly criticized DeWine’s political judgment in efforts to discredit him.
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Ohio is really shaping up to be good territory for Democrats and the President in Nov. Surely the independents/moderates cannot stand this chaos caused by the Republicans greed for power. And now with a contentious Ohio GOP primary looming with inconclusive results, that should put the icing on the cake.
