New primary date places Ohio in thick of GOP presidential race
Amid the noisy wrangling over a bill to configure new congressional districts, state lawmakers positioned Ohio as a Super Tuesday player in the race for the White House and made it easier for GOP presidential candidates to play in the state.
Legislation approved late Wednesday and signed into law last night by Gov. John Kasich created a single Ohio primary election on March 6. That places Ohio with Texas, Massachusetts, Virginia and eight other states in a delegate-rich conglomerate that could potentially determine the Republican presidential nomination.
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Kasich’s staff used in effort to oust DeWine
By Jim Heath
In an exclusive interview, Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine revealed that members of Gov. John Kasich’s staff were used in an ongoing effort to oust DeWine as head of the party.
Official documents show Kasich's regional liaisons Nicole Kostura, Nick Gatz and Sherri Carbo each turned in petitions for candidates to run for the GOP state central committee against candidates who support DeWine. The petitions were delivered by the Kasich staffers during weekday work hours.
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Official documents show Kasich's regional liaisons Nicole Kostura, Nick Gatz and Sherri Carbo each turned in petitions for candidates to run for the GOP state central committee against candidates who support DeWine. The petitions were delivered by the Kasich staffers during weekday work hours.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/12/16/dewine-interview.html
Legislature Agrees to Redistricting Deal, Primary Consolidation
Hannah Report 12/14/11
House Democrats relented and voted in favor of a new congressional redistricting map as well as a combined primary on March 6, 2012, bringing to the end a partisan battle that began in September and went through the Ohio Supreme Court.
Twenty-one House Democrats joined with all of the House Republicans in approving HB369 (Huffman), and nearly the same number approved an emergency clause to make the bill both effective on the signature of Gov. John Kasich and referendum proof. This action makes pursuing a referendum on the original congressional redistricting bill, HB319, moot.http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=188042
Hannah Report 12/14/11
House Democrats relented and voted in favor of a new congressional redistricting map as well as a combined primary on March 6, 2012, bringing to the end a partisan battle that began in September and went through the Ohio Supreme Court.
Twenty-one House Democrats joined with all of the House Republicans in approving HB369 (Huffman), and nearly the same number approved an emergency clause to make the bill both effective on the signature of Gov. John Kasich and referendum proof. This action makes pursuing a referendum on the original congressional redistricting bill, HB319, moot.http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=188042
Gongwer 12/15/11
The day after several in their caucus voted to accept a new GOP-drawn congressional map, and on the same day the governor was expected to sign the legislation, Democrats called for overhauling the redistricting process from the Columbus hotel room that Republicans used to draft their proposal.
Three legislative Democrats held a news conference Thursday in Republicans' "secret bunker" to illustrate their charge that the majority drew new political maps privately without regard for the public interest.
Republicans dismissed the event as another stunt designed to garner media attention.
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