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2006 Tip Sheets
OHIO GOVERNOR
Last updated: Nov. 14, 2006
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Ted Strickland (D) defeated Ken Blackwell (R), 60% to 37%.
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Ken Blackwell (R)
Blackwell, Ohio's secretary of state, was nominated with 56% in a two-way primary.
Manager: Mike Hernon
Consultant: Wilson Grand Communications
Contact: 614-221-8552
• Campaign Web site
• Official Web site
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 Ted Strickland (D)
Strickland, a congressman from the 6th District, was nominated with 79% in a two-way primary.
Manager: Aaron Pickrell
Consultant: MacWilliams Robinson & Partners
Contact: 614-857-0700
• Campaign Web site
• Official Web site
• Almanac biography
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• Email
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Chuck Todd's Race Ranking: 2
“It's amazing the pull Blackwell has with national conservatives. '08 GOP wannabes continue to pay him homage even though he appears to be a "Sixth Sense" candidate -- everyone knows he's dead but him.
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"Riding a blue wave of anti-Republican sentiment and voter disaffection over Statehouse political scandals, Rep. Ted Strickland [D] was elected Ohio's 68th governor" Nov. 7 "in a rout, ending 16 years of GOP dominance" (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 11/8/06). ..... Bill Clinton helped Strickland raise roughly $300,000 in Cleveland on Sept. 16 (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/17/06). ..... Strickland and Secretary of State Ken Blackwell (R) presented their education plans separately to the Ohio School Boards Association on Thursday (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/18/06). Strickland and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown campaigned together on a bus tour (Plain Dealer, 8/18/06). ..... President Bush will host a fundraiser for Blackwell in suburban Cleveland on Aug. 2 (AP, 7/17/06). ..... The Blackwell and Strickland campaigns announced July 6 that they have agreed "on dates and places for four debates." (Columbus Dispatch, 7/7/06). ..... "A historic general election was set up [Tuesday] night by primaries that advanced" Blackwell and Strickland to a Nov. 7 showdown" (Columbus Dispatch, 5/03/06). . ..... Strickland confirmed that the Tom Noe scandal "will have center stage in his campaign" (Toledo Blade, 2/15/06).
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2006 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Ted Strikland (D)
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2,307,420
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60%
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J. Kenneth Blackwell (R)
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1,406,792
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37%
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2006 primary
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Ted Strickland (D)
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634,114
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79%
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Bryan Flannery (D)
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166,253
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21%
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2002 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Bob Taft (R)
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1,865,007
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58%
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Timothy Hagan (D)
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1,236,924
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38%
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John Eastman (I)
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126,686
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4%
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2002 primary
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Bob Taft (R)
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unopposed
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1998 general
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Candidate
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Total Votes
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Percent
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Expenditures
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Bob Taft (R)
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1,678,721
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50%
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Lee Fisher (D)
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1,498,956
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45%
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Other
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176,536
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5%
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