Saturday, January 08, 2000
Congressional ballots fill out
Columbus-area seat vacated by Kasich most hotly contested
The Associated Press
A short, intense battle is in store for central Ohio's 12th Congressional District, where the retirement of Rep. John Kasich brought out seven challengers by Friday's filing deadline.
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DECLARED CANDIDATES
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Members of Congress and challengers who filed for a place on Ohio's March 7 primary election ballots are listed by party with the incumbent first. Candidacies are not official until after certification by county boards of election on Jan. 14.
1st District
• Republican: Steve Chabot
• Democrat: John Cranley
• Libertarian: David Groshoff
• Natural Law: Richard L. Stevenson
2nd District
• Republican: Rob Portman
• Democrat: Charles W. Sanders
• Libertarian: Robert Bidwell
6th District
• Democrat: Ted Strickland
• Republicans: Michael Azinger, Jimmy Stewart
• Libertarian: Kenneth R. MacCutcheon
8th District
• Republican: John A. Boehner
• Democrats: John W. Griffin, John Parks
• Libertarian: David Shock
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Four Republicans and three Democrats sought a place on the March 7 primary election ballot for the only Ohio congressional seat that both major parties have made a priority. The nominees in the Columbus-area district will get significant national attention and financial help as Democrats attack the five-seat margin by which Republicans control the House.
Elsewhere in Ohio:
• Rep. Jim Traficant is being challenged by two fellow Democrats in the Youngstown area's 17th District, state Sen. Robert Hagan and Mahoning County Auditor George Tablack.
• Republicans failed to field anyone against Democratic Rep. Tony Hall in the Dayton-area 3rd District or against Democratic Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones in Cleveland's 11th District.
• Democrats in Cincinnati's 1st District failed to entice any proven vote-getters to challenge Republican Rep. Steve Chabot. Political newcomer John Cranley, 25, filed as a Democrat.
Although Friday was the deadline for all candidates to file, the ballot won't become official until petitions are examined and certified by county boards of election.
At the top of the ticket in Ohio, eight candidates for president met the filing deadline and two Senate primaries were set.
Vice President Al Gore, former Sen. Bill Bradley and perennial candidate Lyndon LaRouche Jr. filed for a place on Ohio's Democratic presidential ballot.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Arizona Sen. John McCain, publisher Steve Forbes, Alan Keyes and Gary Bauer filed for a place in Ohio's GOP presidential primary. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch did not file.
For the U.S. Senate, Republican Mike DeWine was to be challenged for the GOP nomination by a former one-term congressman, Frank Cremeans, and by gun-show promoter Ronald R. Dickson.
Democrats are being offered a choice of four men with relatively little statewide recognition: Ted Celeste, brother of the former governor; lawyer Richard Cordray; the Rev. Marvin McMickle, and Daniel I. Radakovich.
The Libertarian Party filed one name for Senate, John R. McAlister, and the Natural Law Party also filed a single candidate, John A. Eastman.
The race for Kasich's seat will feature Phil Harmon, state Rep. Pat Tiberi, state Sen. Gene Watts and Ramona Whisler on the GOP side.
Ralph Applegate, Edward S. Brown and Maryellen O'Shaughnessy are running in the Democratic primary in the 12th District.
State Democratic Chairman David Leland expressed some hope of gaining a seat in the 18th District general election, when former legislator Marc Guthrie will try to unseat Rep. Bob Ney.
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