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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
 = Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline for Partisan Candidates: January 4, 2008
Filing Deadline for Independents: March 3, 2008
Primary: March 4, 2008
This
page was last updated on December 7, 2008
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR
& LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Ted Strickland
(D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.
LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Lee
Fisher (D)*
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Jennifer
Brunner (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
[ Nancy
Rogers (D)* - Interim Attorney General ]
Richard
Cordray (D) - State Treasurer, Ex-Franklin County Treasurer,
Ex-State Solicitor, Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
STATE
TREASURER:
[ Richard
Cordray (D)* - Elected Attorney General in 2008. ]
STATE
AUDITOR:
Mary
Taylor (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
LEGISLATURE:
State House -
( Democratic Caucus
)
State Senate
- ( Democratic Caucus
)
U.S.
SENATOR:
George
Voinovich (R)* -
Next Election in 2010.
Jennifer Brunner (D) - Secretary of State & Ex-Franklin County
Common Pleas Judge
Michael Coleman (D) - Columbus Mayor
Lee Fisher (D) - Lt. Governor, Ex-Attorney General, Ex-State Sen.,
Ex-State Rep. & '98 Governor Nominee
Dennis Kucinich (D) - Congressman, Ex-Cleveland Mayor & '04/'08
Presidential Candidate
Tim Ryan (D) - Congressman, Ex-State Sen. & Attorney
Betty Sutton (D) - Congresswoman, Ex-State Rep., Ex-Summit County
Councilwoman & Attorney
Sherrod
Brown (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
- Next Election in 2012.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
[ Steve
Chabot (R)* - Defeated for re-election in 2008. ]
Steve
Driehaus (D) - State House Minority Whip, Community Development
Consultant & Peace Corps Veteran
District
2:
Jean Schmidt (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
District
3:
Mike
Turner (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
4:
Jim
Jordan (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
District
5:
Bob
Latta (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
6:
Charlie
Wilson (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
District
7:
[ Dave
Hobson (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Steve
Austria (R) - State Senate Majority Whip, Ex-State Rep. &
Financial Advisor
District
8:
John
Boehner (R)* - (House
Minority Leader Site) - (Campaign
Site)
District
9:
Marcy
Kaptur (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
10:
Dennis
Kucinich (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
11:
Marcia
Fudge (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
12:
Pat
Tiberi (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
13:
Betty
Sutton (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
District
14:
Steve
LaTourette (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
15:
[ Deborah
Pryce (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Mary
Jo Kilroy (D) - Franklin County Commissioner, Ex-Columbus
School Board Member & '06 Nominee
District
16:
[ Ralph
Regula (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
John Boccieri
(D) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep., USAF Reserve Officer &
Ex-Minor League Baseball Player
District
17:
Tim
Ryan (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
District
18:
Zack
Space (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
America
First Party of Ohio
Constitution Party of Ohio
Ohio Democratic Party
Green Party of Ohio
Libertarian Party of Ohio
Natural Law Party of Ohio
Ohio Republican Party
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary
of State's Office
LINKS
TO COUNTY ELECTION OFFICES:
Election Ohio
STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
PRINT
MEDIA:
Akron Beacon-Journal
Ashtabula Star
Beacon
Avon Lake Press
Bowling Green News
Bowling Green Sentinel
Tribune
Canton Repository
Chagrin Valley Times
Chillicothe Gazette
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Post
Cleveland City News Ohio
(African-American)
Cleveland Gay People's
Chronicle
Cleveland Plain Dealer
- (Politics Section)
Cleveland Scene (Alternative)
Cleveland Sun Newspapers (25
Weekly Newspapers)
Columbiana County
Morning Journal
Columbus Communicator
News (African-American)
Columbus Dispatch -
(Political Blog)
Columbus Free Press (Alternative)
Cuyohoga County - West
Life News
Dayton City Paper (Alternative)
Dayton Daily News
Dayton Defender (African-American)
Dover-New Philadelphia
Times-Reporter
Eaton Register-Herald
Findlay Courier
Gongwer News Service: Ohio
Hamilton Journal-News
Lima News
Massillon Independent
Medina Gazette
Middletown Journal
Ohio News Network
Ohio State University Sentinel
Oxford Press
Ravenna Record-Courier
Sidney Daily News
Springfield News-Sun
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune
Toledo Blade
Toledo Journal (African-American)
Wapakoneta Daily News
Warren Tribune Chronicle
Western Star (Warren County)
Willoughby News-Herald
Youngstown Buckeye Review
(African-American)
Youngstown Vindicator
BROADCAST
MEDIA:
Cleveland - Direct
Source Radio
WEWS TV-5 (ABC - Cleveland)
WFMJ TV-21 (NBC - Youngstown)
WHIO TV-7 (CBS - Dayton)
WHIO Radio (1290 AM - Dayton)
WKSU Public Radio (89.7 FM - Akron)
WKYC TV-3 (NBC - Akron)
WNWO TV-24 (NBC - Toledo)
WTOL TV-11 (CBS - Toledo)
WTVG TV-13 (ABC -
Toledo)
WYSO Public Radio (91.3 FM - Yellow
Springs)
POLITICAL
BLOGS:
As Ohio Goes
Black Cincinnati
Blue Ohioan
Brewed Fresh Daily
Buckeye State Blog
Callahan's Cleveland
Diary
Cincinnati Beacon
Cincinnati Blog
Have Coffee Will
Write
LargeBill
Pontificates
Lefty Blogs: Ohio
Meet the Bloggers
MichaelMeckler.com
NixGuy
Ohio 15th
Ohio Citizen Action
Ohio Conservative
Ohio Daily Blog
OhioGOP Blog
Porkopolis
Right Angle Blog
Plunderbund
Weapons of Mass
Discussion
Word of Mouth
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