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First, some breaking news. Former Attorney General Marc Dann has pleaded guilty to two ethics violations involving improper payments to staff from campaign and office transition funds.
It was a slow day at the polls on Tuesday, but there were few problems and no delays. Voter turnout was just over 22%. Two statewide issues led the ballot, and both won. Issue 1 was the renewal of the Third Frontier initiative - it passed 61% to 38%. Former Ohio House Speaker JoAnn Davidson helped lead the bipartisan campaign. Issue 2 was the question of whether to move the casino approved in November for Columbus from a downtown location to the west side of the city. It passed by nearly 36 points. Eric Schippers, Vice President with casino developer Penn National, says voters got the message the developers wanted them to hear, and that construction on Penn National's two casinos will begin soon.
Then there were the candidate races. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher beat Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, but not by the 20 points predicted in this week's Quinnipiac poll. On the Republican side, there was the race for auditor - and Delaware County prosecutor David Yost handily defeated Dayton-area freshman state representative Seth Morgan by nearly 30 points. And there was the contest for the nomination for secretary of state - Sen. Jon Husted (R-Kettering) easily defeated former Ashtabula County auditor Sandra O'Brien.
Those two Republican races were considered a battle for the heart of the GOP, and some critics are saying the results of the primary show the Tea Party is over. JoAnn Davidson and Ohio Republican Party chair Kevin DeWine disagree and share their ideas about the impact of these voters, along with the reporters of the Statehouse News Bureau, Bill Cohen and Jo Ingles.
And one more final election related note. A controversial former lawmaker who served eight years in prison says he's ready for his comeback. Jim Traficant said on "The State of Ohio" in January that he would run for Congress, and this week he filed to run as an independent in the 17th congressional district against his former employee, Rep. Democrat Tim Ryan.
It was a slow day at the polls on Tuesday, but there were few problems and no delays. Voter turnout was just over 22%. Two statewide issues led the ballot, and both won. Issue 1 was the renewal of the Third Frontier initiative - it passed 61% to 38%. Former Ohio House Speaker JoAnn Davidson helped lead the bipartisan campaign. Issue 2 was the question of whether to move the casino approved in November for Columbus from a downtown location to the west side of the city. It passed by nearly 36 points. Eric Schippers, Vice President with casino developer Penn National, says voters got the message the developers wanted them to hear, and that construction on Penn National's two casinos will begin soon.
Then there were the candidate races. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher beat Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, but not by the 20 points predicted in this week's Quinnipiac poll. On the Republican side, there was the race for auditor - and Delaware County prosecutor David Yost handily defeated Dayton-area freshman state representative Seth Morgan by nearly 30 points. And there was the contest for the nomination for secretary of state - Sen. Jon Husted (R-Kettering) easily defeated former Ashtabula County auditor Sandra O'Brien.
Those two Republican races were considered a battle for the heart of the GOP, and some critics are saying the results of the primary show the Tea Party is over. JoAnn Davidson and Ohio Republican Party chair Kevin DeWine disagree and share their ideas about the impact of these voters, along with the reporters of the Statehouse News Bureau, Bill Cohen and Jo Ingles.
And one more final election related note. A controversial former lawmaker who served eight years in prison says he's ready for his comeback. Jim Traficant said on "The State of Ohio" in January that he would run for Congress, and this week he filed to run as an independent in the 17th congressional district against his former employee, Rep. Democrat Tim Ryan.
May 7, 2010