By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 3 COLUMBUS State Rep. Charleta Tavares has broken ranks with the leader of her Democratic ticket on the issue of debates. Ms. Tavares (D., Columbus), who is her party’s nominee for secretary of state, said gubernatorial candidate Lee Fisher should be willing to debate the three other people […]
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By James Drew and Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — It’s official. A month before election day, the governor’s race is getting ugly. Last night, the campaigns of Democrat Lee Fisher and Republican Bob Taft began television ads that attack each other’s records and use unflattering images to hammer home the point. […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page B1 COLUMBUS — Both candidates in the race for chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court say it’s easy to tell the differences between their judicial philosophies. They just don’t agree on how best to spin them. Thomas Moyer, the incumbent Republican, says he shows restraint on the […]
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By Joshua Benton and James Drew Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — Democrat Lee Fisher announced yesterday that, if elected governor, he would support creating a tax credit for “working poor” families. His Republican opponent, Bob Taft, sidestepped the issue, saying the state faces several “tough priorities.” As election day looms seven weeks away, […]
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By Joshua Benton and James Drew Blade Columbus Bureau Page 4 COLUMBUS — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lee Fisher wants President Clinton to face some sort of rebuke from Congress for the Lewinsky affair. His opponent, Republican Bob Taft, wasn’t so definite. Mr. Fisher described the President’s conduct “not only inappropriate, but inexcusable, and literally indefensible.” […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 5B COLUMBUS — Bob Dole thinks his 1996 opponent will survive the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but he wants Congress to follow the procedures outlined in the Constitution to decide President Clinton’s future. “I think you let the process work,” the unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate said yesterday. “You don’t […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur is asking politicians to do something that doesn’t come naturally to many – stop spending money, voluntarily. Miss Kaptur (D., Toledo), at a news conference here yesterday, introduced a voluntary pledge she is asking all statewide candidates to take, restricting the […]
By Joshua Benton and Fritz Wenzel Blade Staff Writers Page 1 It was a difficult birthing for the new Lucas County Republican Party yesterday, full of fits and starts, anger and accusations. But when it was all over, the Grand Old Party was left with an outlook more optimistic than anything it has been able […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 15 As expected, Dee Talmage has gotten the nod from a Lucas County GOP committee to be the next party chairman, but a prominent party activist fears the job may be too big for the Ottawa Hills school board member. Ms. Talmage, 58, won the unanimous support of […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 17 COLUMBUS — Kent B. McGough, a Lima, O., native and former state Republican Party chairman who helped the GOP gain some rare political victories in the wake of Watergate, died of a stroke Wednesday at Riverside Methodist Hospital here. He was 80. “He was very, very brilliant […]