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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ohio Supreme Court: Judicial candidates can disclose their parties
The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug. 11, removed a ban on judicial candidates identifying themselves in advertising as members of a political party after primary elections.
The court also established two exceptions to a rule barring judicial candidates from personally soliciting or receiving campaign contributions.
The court acted in response to a decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last month that struck down similar rules in Kentucky on judges identifying themselves by party and soliciting campaign contributions, a court press release said.
The Ohio Democratic Party, a major public employees’ union and three Democratic candidates on the Nov. 2 ballot last month filed a lawsuit challenging the Ohio bans.
Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern said the changes don’t make sense and the lawsuit won’t be withdrawn. In the comment section on the rule changes, the court said judicial candidates should minimize references to party affiliation in campaign materials.
“What do they expect, that candidates whisper their parties to would-be voters?” asked Redfern.
In Ohio, judicial candidates are nominated in partisan primaries but run in general elections without party identification.
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Republican challenger John Kasich leads incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, 48-39 percent, in a Reuters/Ipsos poll of likely voters released on Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Kasich is a former Columbus-area U.S. House member.
The poll also shows Republican Rob Portman leading Democrat Lee Fisher in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, 43-36, percent among likely voters. Portman is a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member who served as budget director and U.S. trade representative for President George W. Bush.
Fisher is the lieutenant governor.
The poll was taken from Friday, Aug. 6 to Sunday Aug. 8 with 600 registered voters and the margin of error for likely voters was plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.
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