Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Our choices for today's elections
Editorial
Here are the Enquirer Editorial Board's endorsements in selected races and ballot issues for today's election:
President and vice president
George Bush and Dick Cheney (R)
U.S. Senate, Ohio
George Voinovich (R)
U.S. Senate, Kentucky
Jim Bunning (R)
U.S. House, Southwestern Ohio
8th District: John Boehner (R)
1st District: Steve Chabot (R)
2nd District: Rob Portman (R)
3rd District: Mike Turner (R)
U.S. House, Northern Kentucky
4th District: Geoff Davis (R)
Ohio Senate
8th District: Jeannette Harrison (D)
14th District: Tom Niehaus (R)
Ohio House
28th District: Wayne Coates (D)
29th District: Joe Wolterman (D)
30th District: Bill Seitz (R)
31st District: Steve Driehaus (D)
33rd District: Tyrone Yates (D)
34th District: Glen Miller (D)
35th District: Michelle Schneider (R)
88th District: Cy Richardson (D)
Ohio Supreme Court
Thomas Moyer
Terrence O'Donnell
Paul Pfeifer
Judith Ann Lanzinger
Ohio Issue 1 (defining marriage)
No
(To amend the Ohio Constitution to state that marriage can be only between one man and one woman, and that rights of marriage could not be accorded other partnerships.)
Hamilton County Commission
Todd Portune (D)
Pat DeWine (R)
Hamilton County prosecutor
Fanon Rucker (D)
Hamilton County treasurer
Robert Goering (R)
Hamilton County recorder
Rebecca Prem Groppe (R)
Hamilton County coroner
Dr. O'dell Owens (D)
Cincinnati Issue 3 (Article XII repeal)
Yes
(To repeal Article XII of the Cincinnati City Charter, which prohibits treating sexual orientation as a protected class.)
Cincinnati Issue 4 (property taxes)
No
(To phase out city property taxes over the next 10 years.)
Cincinnati Issue 32
(Cincinnati Public Schools)
No
(To renew a 5-year, $65 million levy for Cincinnati Public Schools.)
Hamilton County Issue 43 (Drake Center)
Yes
(To raise $80 million over five years, $68 million of it to fund the Drake Center, a long-term acute-care hospital.)
Hamilton County Issue 44 (MRDD)
Yes
(To raise $338 million over five years to fund the Hamilton County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.)
Kentucky Senate
17th District: Damon Thayer (R)
23rd District: Jack Westwood (R)
Kentucky House
61st District: Royce Adams (D)
67th District: Mark Hayden (R)
Kentucky Amendment 1 (defining marriage)
No
(To define marriage as between one man and one woman, and deny legal status for unions between unmarried people.)
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