Wednesday, May 08, 2002
Turner leads in 3rd District
By James Hannah
The Associated Press
DAYTON — Former Dayton Mayor Mike Turner built a big lead in early returns Tuesday in the GOP's three-way race for a chance at the 3rd Congressional District, a long-time Democratic stronghold.
Mr. Turner had 74 percent of the vote, newspaper executive Roy Brown 18 percent and businessman Greg Hunter 7 percent with 37 percent of polls reporting unofficial returns in the district, which now includes northern Warren County.
The winner will face Democrat Rick Carne on Nov. 5.
In the 8th Congressional District, Republican incumbent John Boehner was running well ahead of challenger Roger Thomas. In early unofficial returns, Mr. Boehner of West Chester Township was ahead of Mr. Thomas of Tipp City, 84 percent to 16 percent. Mr. Boehner is seeking re-election for his seventh term, with Democrat Jeff Hardenbrook of Dayton waiting in November.
The 3rd District primary became a free-for-all among Republicans after Democrat Tony Hall accepted the Bush administration's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nation's food and agriculture agencies.
Republicans see the district as an opportunity to increase their edge in the House.
Since he was elected in 1978, Mr. Hall has dominated the district because of the support of organized labor and the heavy concentration of Democrats in western Dayton.
But this year, because of the 2000 Census, the district was reconfigured to add more Republican voters.
The district still includes most of Montgomery County, but it now takes in the prosperous suburbs of northern Warren County and mostly rural Clinton and Highland counties. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 78,000 to 44,000.
The campaign developed into a battle between Mr. Turner, 42, and Mr. Brown, 34.
Mr. Turner, a two-term mayor with close ties to the business community, called Mr. Brown an outsider with no political experience. Mr. Brown moved into the district from Blue Ash several months ago.
Mr. Brown, president and CEO of Brown Publishing Co., said Mr. Turner is a career politician with no business experience. He also cited Dayton's crime rate and economic problems.
Mr. Turner had the backing of GOP leaders in Montgomery County, the largest county in the district. Mr. Brown had more money, largely financing his own $1 million campaign. Mr. Turner raised about $265,000.
Mr. Carne, unopposed in the primary, formerly was Mr. Hall's chief of staff and an executive and county treasurer in Dayton.
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