Candidate gets OK to replace Ney

[zbdent]

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/state/15249875.htm

Big surprise ... Ken Blackwell okays the Republican candidate to do the same thing that the law was passed to keep a Democrat from doing ...

Ohio's so-called ``sore loser'' law generally prevents candidates defeated in a primary from running for office in the fall as an independent or write-in. Padgett ran for lieutenant governor this spring with Petro, who lost the GOP nomination for governor to Blackwell.

Padgett's status in the May primary was not covered by the law, and she is free to seek Ney's seat, Petro said. Democrats probably will take the case to court.

[mtnester]

1. Past precedence will nail you every time

The courts have to uphold the law, and they will I believe.

[liberalnurse]

2. What a fucking loon!

Outrage form the Democratic Party should be right around the corner.:rant:

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3. Dems to contest Ney replacement

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14301479/

Ohio law generally prevents candidates defeated in a primary from running for office in the fall as an independent or write-in. Padgett ran for lieutenant governor on a ticket this spring with Petro, who lost to Blackwell in the race for the GOP nomination for governor.

However, Petro said Padgett's status in the May primary was not covered by the state's "sore loser" law and she is free to seek Ney's seat.
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The (Democratic) party believes the "sore loser" law applies and Padgett also falls under a provision that says one cannot run for federal and state offices in the same election. That provision was put in the law by the GOP-run Legislature to keep Ted Strickland, the Democratic candidate for governor, from running simultaneously for that office and another term in Congress, something Strickland said he never considered.

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The law says a person who loses a primary cannot seek office in the general election if that person got on the primary ballot through nominating petition or by a declaration of intent to become a write-in.

Padgett got on the May ballot by "declaration of candidacy," a term not covered under the law, Petro said.

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4. Petro said

Just let it go. We can beat the fat bitch hands down just with her connections to Taft and the boys that screwed our state.

[Schmajo]

5. Ney formally quits race -- Primary to be held

http://www.dispatch.com/?story=205269

Monday, August 14, 2006 3:25 PM

“Embattled Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Ney formally withdrew this morning as a candidate for re-election this year, triggering a special primary election to replace him on the Nov. 7 ballot.
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Because Ney filed his brief, two-sentence notice at the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections this morning -- prior to 80 days before the election -- by law a special primary must be held. James Lee, a spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, said he expects a date for the primary to be set within the next few days.
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Lee has estimated the cost of a special election, which the state must pay, at about $500,000.
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Ney, House Majority Leader John Boehner and other Republican leaders have indicated they want GOP state Sen. Joy Padgett to replace Ney on the ballot, although other Republicans also could now run for the spot. Bennett said he hopes no other Republican will run against Padgett, but conceded, ‘Anybody can jump in.'’
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[Schmajo]

6. Link to 8/15 Dogpatch article

http://www.dispatch.com/news/news.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/15/20060815-A1-05.html

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Ney’s likely replacement, state Sen. Joy Padgett, may have to spend campaign dollars if she is challenged in the Republicanonly special election in the 18 th Congressional District. Ohio Republicans are hoping to avoid a fight in the special primary election to replace Ney on the Nov. 7 ballot.
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Bennett said yesterday that the party already has tried to dissuade James Brodbelt Harris, a Zanesville financial analyst who won about a third of the vote against Ney in the May primary, from joining the race. ‘I think primaries are a waste of money,’ Bennett said.

But Blackwell’s office expects an election after receiving at least two calls yesterday from potential candidates, neither of whom were identified. The office is researching whether an election must be held even if only one candidate files to run, Lee said.
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On the one hand, I want there to be a primary and force the Wicked Witch of the East to spend $$$ campaigning. On the other hand, I don't want $500k of my tax money pissed away on a special election.:shrug:

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7. I think there will be a primary

and that more than one will be running. The GOP has to cover their behinds on the strong possibility that Joy will be eliminated because of the "Strickland law". They have to have a backup candidate ready to step in.

I wish that the primary wouldn't happen because the republicans will have the floor during that time and will be able to build momentum for the fall election.

If life was fair, the GOP would have to pay for the election. (Hey, I can dream, can't I?)

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8. Update

The Tuscarawas County Board of Elections is set to decide today how to replace 18th District Congressman Bob Ney on the November ballot. Board member Doug Wills says the law requires a special election after Ney officially withdrew from the race Monday morning. Coshocton State Senator Joy Padgett says she’s ready to run regardless of the board’s decision.
 
http://www.wjer.com/radiogram.cfm

Tusc. Co. BOE makes the decision because it is has the largest population in the district. Socrates Space, a Democratic BOE member, will recuse himself because his son Zack is a candidate. Doug Wills is the GOP party chairman and BOE member. In this case, the GOP will get what it wants. I believe there will be a primary.

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9. Special primary in Ney's district set for Sept. 14

The special 18th Congressional District primary to pick a successor to Rep. Bob Ney as Republican nominee will be Sept. 14, says Charles Miller, director of the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections.

Those thinking of running have little time to decide, as nominating petitions are due by 4 p.m. Thursday. The elections board hopes to know who qualifies by the end of Friday, although any protests could delay making it official. You'd think that getting 50 qualifying signatures wouldn't be hard, but, well, remember Charlie Wilson?

Joy Padgett, the state senator favored by a number of party leaders, already has folks out circulating the petitions. She isn't sure about other potential candidates but said, ""There's been a lot of discussion that if I don't get in, there's probably 12" others who will. "There have been a lot of calls to me and calls to others who have said that if I didn't run, they would definitely be interested."

James Brodbelt Harris, another potential candidate (he lost to Ney in a primary earlier this year, before Ney dropped out), says he hasn't decided whether he will run in the new contest.
http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/openers/index.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_openers/archives/2006_08.html#172255