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Strickland calls special election
Thursday, August 28, 2008
DENVER — Gov. Ted Strickland's busy out here in Denver but still has work to do back in Columbus.
On Wednesday, Aug. 27, he called a special election to fill the unexpired term of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Cleveland, who died on Aug. 20.
The general election will be on Nov. 18 and a primary, if needed, on Oct. 14, Strickland's office announced on Wednesday.
The winner will serve until the end of this year.
Separately, the seat will be up for grabs for a two-year term in the general election on Nov. 4.
Strickland said that he would like to have avoided the special election but that the law requires it.
State Rep. Beatty puffs on a cigar
State Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Dayton native, is known for her fashionable attire, smooth speeches and desire to see the Democrats pick up the four seats they need to gain a majority in the Ohio House.
Gov. Ted Strickland unveiled another Beatty trait on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
"I saw Joyce Beatty smoke a cigar," the governor said at the Ohio delegation's breakfast meeting. "I want to tell you it was a sight for sore eyes."
Beatty, who now lives in Columbus and is the Ohio House minority leader, said it was Strickland who lit her up — so to speak.
She said she did her cigar turn at one of the late night Scotch and cigar sessions that Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern has been holding at the convention.
"It was a one-time experience," Beatty said.
AFSCME leader: Racism a problem for Obama
A national labor leader told Ohio delegates on Wednesday, Aug. 27, that racism among union members presents a major obstacle to the presidential aspirations of Barack Obama.
"We're going to have to fight with our own members," said Gerald W. McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and chair of the AFL-CIO's political education committee.
The 13 million-member AFL-CIO has endorsed Obama over the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain.
"You know, there's too many of our folks — and we've got polls and polls that show this — that are for McCain," McEntee told Ohio delegates at their breakfast meeting.
He said Obama must campaign in Appalachian areas in Ohio and other states where he could get objections from union members who say "I can't vote for him because he's a Muslim" or "I've never voted for a black."
"We've got to wake up many of our own members," McEntee said.
Compiled by Jeff Bruce, William Hershey and Anthony Shoemaker
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