Mid Term Elections (State Offices)

As I touched on in the last post, the first step in responsible voting is knowing who's running.  This can get pretty difficult in a year like this one, where so many offices are up for grabs and more than usual don't have an incumbent.

Knowing how a person voted/acted over the last few years makes it easier for me to decide whether or not I'm voting for them.  When I have to weight the campaign statements of two people who are playing to their political base...it just gets ugly.

So now that the primaries are out of the way, I'm trying to get a list of candidates together, so we can start to consider them long before we step into the voting booth.

The Races

Ohio Governor

Ken Matesz (L) and Dennis Spisak (G) John Kasich (R) challenging Ted Strickland (D)

Ohio Senate

District 3

Mark Pfeifer (D) vs Kevin Bacon (R)

Ohio Representative

District 20

Lawrence Binsky (L) and Matt Carle (R) challenging Nancy Garland (D)

Attorney General

Mike DeWine (R) and Marc Allan Feldman (L) and Robert Owens (C) challenging Rich Cordray (D)

Auditor

David Pepper (D) vs Dave Yost (R) vs L. Michael Howard (L)

Secretary of State

John Husted (R) vs Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D) vs Charles Earl (L)

Treasurer

Josh Mandel (R) and Matthew Cantrell (L) challenging Kevin Boyce (D)

Next time?  We'll go over the judgeships that you'll be voting on!  Woot!