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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Elections commission panel rules against Kasich, Husted
By Lynn Hulsey and Laura A. Bischoff Staff Writers
COLUMBUS - Republican statewide candidates lost on three fronts Thursday at the Ohio Elections Commission in decisions made against governor candidate John Kasich, secretary of state candidate Jon Husted and treasurer candidate Josh Mandel.
The Ohio Elections Commission’s probable cause panel found that print and television advertisements for state Sen. Husted, R-Kettering, contained false statements about Maryellen O’Shaughnessy, his Democratic opponent, said Phil Richter, executive director of commission.
The complaint was filed by the Ohio Democratic Party against Husted, his campaign and the Ohio Republican Party.
O’Shaughnessy is the Franklin County clerk of courts.
The complaint said the ads falsely claim O’Shaughnessy voted herself a raise while a member of the Columbus City Council and they falsely implied that she took a campaign contribution from indicted Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora. The claims have been found to be false by The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer’s PolitiFact Ohio. The Husted ads also accused O’Shaughnessy of “padding her pockets” when she bought office furniture for the clerk of courts office.
The findings of probable cause that the three claims are false will go before the full Ohio Elections Commission, but Richter said the date is not yet scheduled.
“We’re confident in the facts of the case,” said Husted spokesman Ryan Frazee If the full commission agrees with probable cause findings it can refer them to a county prosecutor, issue a public reprimand or simply make a finding of violation, Richter said.
Also Thursday, the elections commission panel tossed out a complaint that alleged Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland’s campaign falsely claimed in an ad that Republican John Kasich received an “F” rating from the National Rifle Association.
The three-member panel of the commission said it was true: Kasich once received an F after voting in favor of an assault weapons ban.
Kasich campaign spokesman Scott Milburn said, “We obviously disagree and are disappointed by the continued attempts by Ted Strickland to distort and distract, but are confident that voters are seeing through it.”
Strickland received the NRA endorsement and is boasting across the state about his A-plus rating. Kasich now has a B rating.
In the Mandel case, probable cause was found that false statements were made in a TV commercial and mailers by Republican Mandel and the Ohio Republican Party in the state treasurer’s race. The ads imply that incumbent Democrat Kevin Boyce is a Muslim and announced a secretarial job opening only at a Columbus area mosque. The full commission will consider the complaint.
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Democratic candidate for Ohio auditor, David Pepper, will visit Dayton on a campaign swing on Friday.
He will visit the Boston Stoker at 32 W. 2nd St. from 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.
He is running against Republican Dave Yost and Libertarian L. Michael Howard.
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TweetRasmussen Reports: Kasich, 48 %, Strickland, 44 %
Republican challenger John Kasich holds a small lead among likely voters, 48 percent to 44 percent, over Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in a Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday.
In the poll, 3 percent favor another candidate and 4 percent are undecided.
Rasmussen Reports considers the race a toss-up. Two weeks ago, Kasich led 48 percent to 45 percent.
Kasich’s support has been between 47 percent and 50 percent for six straight surveys.
The survey of 750 likely voters was taken Tuesday and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.
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