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[liam_laddie]

Wish you were right, but rethug voters in CD-2 far outnumber Dems. In the June
party primaries, the second-place rethug candidate outpolled Hackett by a few
thousand votes. These are from memory but it was something like:
Schmidt(R) -11500, McEwen(R) -10800, Hackett(D) - 7300. These are the
rough totals in the party primaries.

Rumors after the Aug special election suggested that some of Hackett's support
in his near-win came from disaffected R's who hate Schmidt and who would have
given McEwen a much bigger win than Schmidt's 4% margin. Who will ever know?
I expect Bob McEwen will run against her in a rethug primary in May...and win.

It's a shame that Ohio Dems have to choose between two strong candidates in
May - Brown and Hackett - to run against DeWine. Dilutes the war chest, y'know?