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Rep. Yates likes “Wellstone model” for U.S. Senate campaign
State. Rep. Tyrone Yates, D-Cincinnati, has formally established an exploratory committee for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate nomination in 2010.
Yates, who set up the committee on Wednesday, Feb. 25, said he wants to model his campaign after the successful effort that vaulted the late Paul Wellstone of Minnesota into the U.S. Senate.
Yates, 55, said he’d like to find an “old school bus that we can green up, weld a platform on the back, stick an American flag on it, put ‘Yates for the Senate’ on the side and ride across Ohio.”
He’s entering the primary race against two better known Democrats, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher.
Yates said he should stand out in the race and not just because, if elected, he would be Ohio’s first black U.S. senator.
“I grew up on a farm in Ohio and I’m the only candidate who grew up on a farm and who ever showed a cow at the Ohio State Fair,” he said.
He said he would be a very different senator than Republican George Voinovich, whose retirement will leave the seat vacant.
“I would have voted for President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill and I would have opposed the war in Iraq,” said Yates.
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By Not Sure of Yates
January 29, 2010 3:55 PM | Link to this
Yates seems more ambitious than willing to serve majority needs or wishes. He needs more local record in my opinion to give voters a clear picture of his intentions as a representative.
By reddogs
February 26, 2009 2:47 PM | Link to this
Swell. This would be the very same Tyrone Yates who introduced a bill in the House that would have banned the ownership of pit bulls in the state of Ohio. Adding insult to injury, the bill required all owners to surrender their “pit bulls” within 90 days of the effective date of the proposed law. (The bill went on to stipulate that the dog warden “shall” euthanize all pit bulls within 10 days of their surrender.) Normally I’d say something sarcastic like “I wouldn’t vote for this guy for dog catcher” but, let’s face it, the idea of Tyrone Yates as a dog catcher just isn’t funny!! Neither is the idea of Tyrone Yates as a United States Senator.
By CORRECTION, PLEASE
February 26, 2009 2:06 PM | Link to this
He is NOT the only African American in this race. Please fact-check your stories.
By Shawn
February 26, 2009 1:49 PM | Link to this
Um, only African American?