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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Fox News poll: Kasich leads Strickland, 47-43 percent
Republican challenger John Kasich leads Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, 47-43 percent among likely voters in a new Fox News poll, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research.
The poll, taken Saturday, shows a slight tightening of the race. Kasich was up, 49-43 percent in an Oct. 16 poll.
The poll also found that Strickland and Kasich are about even when it comes to how voters view them.
Strickland was viewed favorably by 44 percent and unfavorably by 47 percent. Kasich was viewed favorably 43 percent and unfavorably by 49 percent.
The poll was taken with 1,000 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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TweetFisher plans 27-hour “Ohio Never Sleeps” Senate campaign swing
Democrat Lee Fisher on Wednesday will launch a 27-hour “Ohio Never Sleeps” campaign swing in the U.S. Senate race.
“In the final stretch of the campaign, Lee Fisher won’t rest, just like Ohio voters never do,” Holly Shulman, Fisher campaign spokeswoman, said in a press release.
Fisher, the lieutenant governor, will travel from Columbus to Cleveland to Akron for events that include a candidate forum, a meeting with Young Democrats and visits to a bowling alley and karaoke night.
He’ll start at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in Columbus at a Communication Workers of America/NAACP candidate forum.
Fisher will wrap up the 27 hours at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Akron at a meeting of the Tri-County Regional Labor Council.
Republican Rob Portman’s U.S. Senate campaign dismissed the tour as a “publicity stunt” in a press release.
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Tweet52 percent voter turn out predicted
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is predicting a voter turnout of 52 percent for the Nov. 2 election.
Turnout in Ohio for the last two presidential elections was 69.9 percent in 2008 and 71.8 percent in 2004. For the last two gubernatorial cycles it was 56 percent in 2006 and 47.2 percent in 2002.
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TweetSERS names Morris executive director
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio promoted Lisa J. Morris to executive director on Tuesday.
Morris joined SERS in 2004 as deputy director and has been serving as interim executive director since James Winfree left in April.
The SERS board has yet to determine her pay package.
One of five public employee pension systems in Ohio, SERS has $9.2 billion invested and represents 190,500 retirees and workers.
Morris will manage SERS’ day to day operations and be responsible for external relations with state leaders, school districts, retirees and others.
Morris, who holds a law degree, spent more than 20 years in public sector management before joining SERS, including as Ohio’s chief mining regulator and head of the state’s clean water programs.
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TweetPoll shows Kasich ahead by 6 points
With one week to go before Election Day, a new poll released Tuesday shows Gov. Ted Strickland trailing Republican John Kasich by six points in the Ohio gubernatorial race while Lt. Gov Lee Fisher is 17-points behind Republican Rob Portman in the race for U.S. Senate.
The poll by Quinnipiac University surveyed 686 likely voters between Oct. 18-24 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percent.
The same poll had Strickland trailing by 17 points and later 10 points while other surveys conducted during the same time periods reported smaller gaps between Strickland and Kasich. The Ohio Poll released on Sunday showed Strickland trailing by two points.
“To be sure, one would much rather be in John Kasich’s shoes today, and the Republican remains the favorite to be Ohio’s next governor. But if Strickland can continue his momentum he might surprise people. Clearly he is in much better shape than is Fisher,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
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