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KEY RACE: Battlegrounds for Concealed Carry Reform defined by campaign spending

12:01pm Friday, October 25, 2002

Ohio House Republicans have spent themselves into a deficit with a $4.8 million blitz in an attempt to hold their 59-40, pro-Concealed Carry Reform edge. Their Democratic counterparts still have $581,893 to unload before the Nov. 5 election on anti-Reform campaigns. House Minority Leader Greg L. DiDonato of New Philadelphia said at least $700,000 would be spent in trying to unseat Republican Sens...

KEY RACE: Stratton Campaign Donations Boosted

11:24am Friday, October 25, 2002

Bolstered by an infusion of $150,000 in just six weeks, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton has stretched her fund-raising lead in the closest race on the statewide ballot. Because current Lt. Gov. Maureen O'Connor is well ahead of her opponent, Democrat Tim Black, many contributors are redirecting their money to Stratton. "When the polls showed that O'Connor had a large lead,...

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Ohio Poll: Taft lead over Hagan holding steady, Taft fundraising eclipses Hagan

9:31am Friday, October 25, 2002

The latest Ohio Poll, released Wednesday, October 23 by the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research, shows Governor Bob Taft with a 54 to 38 percent lead over Tim Hagan. In a similar poll released last month, Taft had a 53 to 35 percent lead. Recent anti-Concealed Carry Reform comments by Hagan have highlighted this race in the eyes of self-defense reformers more than some would...

Ohio Poll: Stratton pulls ahead in KEY Supreme Court Race

5:37pm Wednesday, October 23, 2002

According to an Ohio Poll released Wednesday, Oct. 23, Justice Evelyn Stratton has stretched out to a 38 percent to 31 percent lead over her opponent for the Nov. 5 election with 30 percent undecided. In previous polls, the candidates were shown in a statistical dead heat, but the majority of voters had yet to form an opinion. As more and more people are informed, this poll suggests they are...

The Company He Keeps: Ted Kennedy Visits Ohio in Support of Hagan

3:50pm Wednesday, October 23, 2002

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass made his second visit to Ohio in support of Democrat Timothy F. Hagan's battle to unseat Gov. Bob Taft. "I, for one, am tired of playing defensive ball,'' Kennedy told a cheering crowd of 500 United Auto Workers at a convention in Huron, 100 miles north of Columbus on Lake Erie. "I want to see Tim Hagan elected governor so labor can go on the offensive. Kennedy...

Follow the Money: Trial Lawyers Behind Dirty Supreme Court Attack Ads

10:28am Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Over the past few days, OFCC PAC has been following a story concerning some attack ads that were televised state-wide in effort to damage the reputations of a sitting Justice on the Ohio Supreme Court (Evelyn Stratton), and our state's current Lieutenant Governor (Maureen O'Connor), who is running for an open seat on the Court. Despite personal requests from Stratton & O'Connor, the Ohio...

NE Ohio: OFCC PAC Chairman appears on Adelphia Cable.

5:38pm Tuesday, October 22, 2002

OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine appeared as a guest on Adelphia Cable's "In The Spot Light" show (NE Ohio area only?) on Tuesday evening, October 22. The show was live, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday the 24th and Sunday the 27th on local access cable channels Adelphia system-wide (check local listings) Jim discussed, debated, and took calls about cries for more gun control in response to the...

Bar Assoc. asks, but Democrat Supreme Court candidates refuse to denounce ads

11:49am Tuesday, October 22, 2002

The battle for the high court intensified yesterday as the Ohio State Bar Association condemned two independently sponsored ads benefitting candidates. Yesterday, the association took the unusual step of asking the groups that bought the first two independent ads of this year's campaign to pull them. But Democrat candidates Burnside and Black continue to refuse disavowal. David Crago, head of the...