United States Senate Elections in Ohio - United States Senate Election in Ohio, 2010 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Previous SenatorGeorge VoinovichRepublican The 2010 United States Senate election in Ohio will take place on November 2, 2010, as one of many Ohio Elections in 2010. The winner will replace two term Republican Senator George Voinovich, who is retiring after his current term. In the Democratic primary on May 4, 2010, Lee Fisher, Ohio's Lieutenant Governor, faced Jennifer Brunner, Ohio's Secretary of State. The winner of the Democratic, Fisher, will run against Republican Rob Portman, a former US Representative, as well as the Constitution Party candidate Eric Deaton and Dan La Botz from the Socialist Party and several independent candidates, in the general election. Congressman Tim Ryan, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, and Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher were considered leading contenders to run against George Voinovich. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland urged Jennifer Brunner to run for reelection rather than run for the Senate. Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones and Ohio state representative Tyrone Yates considered running, but both withdrew from consideration. On February 17, 2009, Brunner and Fisher both officially announced their candidacies for the now-open seat election, with Strickland officially endorsing Fisher. Ryan declined to run and endorsed Fisher in July. Fisher has been endorsed by Governor Ted Strickland and U.S. Representatives John Boccieri, Tim Ryan, Zack Space, and Charlie Wilson. Polling in late 2009 and January 2010 have shown Brunner to be more competitive than Fisher in a general election matchup against Portman, while Fisher and Brunner are deadlocked in Democratic primary polling. Charlene Renee Bradley and Traci Johnson also filed to run in the Democratic primary. With rumors circulating about Voinovi... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20557102