http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ Our political team covers the goings on from the White House to the Statehouse. Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. Sign up Ohio politicians speak for themselves on our podcast. en-us lbischoff@daytondailynews.com 2010-02-09T17:54:50-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/09/widener_named_vice_chair_of_se.html Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, named state Sen. Chris Widener, R-Springfield, vice chairman of the finance committee on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Widener has been on the finance committee for the past year and also chairs the Energy and Public Utilities... 16616103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-09T17:54:50-05:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/09/aclu_and_right_to_life_agree_l.html Elizabeth Trisler is the kind of kid who the Ohio House loves to recognize on the chamber floor with applause and pats on the back. She’s Ohio grown, she won an oratory contest and her state representative, John Adams, R-Sidney,... 16612303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-09T12:53:07-05:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/09/strickland_calls_passenger_rai.html Without identifying them by name, Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday, Feb. 9, blasted critics of the state’s plan to use $400 million in federal stimulus money to develop passenger rail service linking Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus. “To be candid... 16611503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-09T12:08:55-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/09/new_governor_poll_kasich_leads.html Republican John Kasich leads Democrat Ted Strickland, 47-41 percent among likely voters in a new Rasmussen Reports poll for the governor’s race released on Tuesday, Feb. 9. The results are similar to a January poll that showed Kasich, a former... 16608103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-09T09:10:02-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/08/strickland_appoints_steven_les.html Steven Lesser, currently chief of staff at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, has been appointed a PUCO commissioner by Gov. Ted Strickland. Ellis Jacobs, a senior attorney for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality in Dayton, was among the four... 16604303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-08T16:44:08-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/08/hardin_county_attorney_to_chal.html Hardin County attorney Steve Christopher today, Feb. 8, said he is running for the Republican nomination for attorney general against former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Cedarville. “I feel like the moderates and conservatives need to have a candidate for... 16600703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-08T13:07:52-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/08/slotsatthetracks_plan_could_be.html Backers of the plan to let voters decide if slot machines should be allowed at Ohio’s seven racetracks said on Monday, Feb. 8, that they filed enough extra signatures to get the issue on the November ballot. “Today’s filing should... 16599603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-08T12:01:34-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/08/ohio_aflcio_endorses_third_fro.html The Ohio AFL-CIO, the state’s largest labor federation, has endorsed the renewal of the Third Frontier high tech economic development program on the May 4 ballot. “Third Frontier continues to create jobs and re-invest in our economy and we will... 16599303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-08T11:51:06-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/08/portman_holds_slim_leads_in_us.html Republican Rob Portman holds slim leads over Democrats Lee Fisher and Jennifer Brunner in possible matchups for this year’s U.S. Senate race, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Monday, Feb. 8. Portman, a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member,... 16599003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-08T11:38:04-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/07/super_bowl_divide_dems_for_sai.html The nation’s political polarization reaches into the Super Bowl. A new Public Policy Polling national survey shows that 32 percent of voters back the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Feb. 7 while 22 percent support the Indianapolis Colts. Democrats overwhelming... 16594403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-07T17:21:35-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/05/brunner_lags_far_behind_in_us.html Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner continues to lag far behind all other candidates in campaign cash for the U.S. Senate race. Brunner’s Federal Election Commission report for the final three months of 2009, showed she raised $92,588, less than the... 16580803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-05T12:33:01-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/04/former_supreme_court_justice_d.html Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Craig Wright died Wednesday, Feb. 3, in Palm Springs, California. He was 80. Wright, a Republican, served on the state supreme court from 1985 until his retirement from the court in 1996. He then worked... 16571703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-04T15:06:45-05:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/04/kasich_bills_campaign_for_make.html Republican John Kasich’s campaign paid at total of $250 for make-up artist Kandi Mayo’s services on two occasions last year, according to his 2009 annual campaign finance report. Apparently, Mayo made up Kasich for his June 1 campaign announcement and... 16571503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-04T14:32:44-05:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/04/puco_job_up_for_grabs.html What is always considered a plum assignment is up for grabs this spring when Gov. Ted Strickland appoints a new member to the powerful Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. A nominating committee sent Strickland four candidates to consider: Wilson Gonzalez,... 16570003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-04T13:56:34-05:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/02/03/legislature_puts_third_frontie.html By overwhelming bipartisan margins, the House and Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 3, approved putting a renewal of the Third Frontier high-tech economic development proposal on the May 4 ballot. The vote in the Democratic-controlled House was 83-14; in the Republican-controlled... 16557903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2010-02-03T14:09:30-05:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com