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Friday, February 12, 2010
Ohio Education Association announces endorsements
The Ohio Education Association Fund for Children and Public Education (OEA-FCPE) has endorsed Democrats in all statewide administrative races- except attorney general.
Also, the educators’ union declined to make an endorsement in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary between Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.
The endorsements from the teachers’ union, announced on Thursday, Feb. 11:
Governor- Ted Strickland
Secretary of State - Maryellen O’Shaughnessy
Treasurer - Kevin Boyce
Auditor - David Pepper
“Our FCPE state council will be screening in the attorney general race after the May primary date,” Michele Prater, spokeswoman for the group, said in an e-mail.
Democratic incumbent Attorney General Richard Cordray is seeking re-election. Former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Cedarville and Hardin County attorney Steve Christopher are seeking the GOP nomination for AG.
The educators’ group also plans to screen candidate for the U.S. Senate and Ohio Supreme Court after the primary, a press release said.
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Morgan-Yost GOP auditor’s race heats up
The race for the Republican nomination for state auditor between state Rep. Seth Morgan, R-Huber Heights, and Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost is heating up.
On Thursday, Feb. 11, Morgan’s campaign announced that he had been endorsed by the Brown County Republican Party with 75 percent of the vote.
“This endorsement further solidifies the base of support Seth is gathering across the state,” Emery Phipps, a Morgan spokesman said in a press release.
“Not only is he being supported by leaders of conservative organizations statewide as well as the Tea Party movement, the Republican ‘establishment’ is joining these groups and proclaiming Seth as their candidate for auditor no matter what the party ‘elite’ want the rank and file to believe.”
However, Kent Moore, Belmont County GOP chairman, on Thursday sent a letter to county chairmen across the state criticizing Morgan and praising Yost, the state GOP-endorsed candidate.
“Seth may in fact have a future in our party, but he has a lot to learn about working with and for people,” Moore said in the letter.
“…I’ll be happy to explain to Seth that the reason he will not receive the support of this chairman at this time is not because I believe in ‘waiting your turn’ as Seth assumes to be the case - but because he needs to learn to respect the GOP and its elected leaders, before he can expect to earn our support.”
Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper is the Democratic candidate for auditor.
