Obama's Ohio endorsements

From cleveland.com today:

Former President Barack Obama unveiled his list of initial endorsements Wednesday, including backing Democrat Richard Cordray for governor of Ohio.

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Here is the full list of Obama's Ohio endorsements:

·         Richard Cordray for governor

·         Betty Sutton for lieutenant governor

·         Steve Dettelbach for attorney general

·         Kathleen Clyde for secretary of state

·         Zack Space for auditor

·         Aftab Pureval for Congress in the 1st Congressional District

·         Jill Schiller for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District

·         Phil Robinson, Stephanie Howse, Mary Lightbody, Beth Liston, Allison Russo, Erica Crawley, Tavia Galonski, Casey Weinstein and Taylor Sappington for the Ohio House of Representatives

Obama's endorsement of Cordray comes after Republican President Donald Trump endorsed Cordray's opponent - Republican Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine - in the gubernatorial race.

The full report is here.

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Ohio Governor candidates at CAIR event

Tyler O’Neil at PJ Media reported this (I did not find this story at Cleveland.com); O'Neil linked to Progress Ohio which categorized this event under “Progressive Organizations”:

On Sunday, three Democrats running in the Ohio governor's race, including former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, spoke at an event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim group with ties to the terror organization Hamas and involved in a terror-funding scheme.

"Join CAIR-Columbus for a Governor Candidate Forum starting at 2:00 PM at the Dublin Community Recreation Center on Sunday Feb. 11th! Doors will open at 1:30," read an announcement at Progress Ohio.

The event included three candidates for governor: state Sen. Joe Schiavoni, former state Rep. Connie Pillich, and former Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Former Congresswoman Betty Sutton represented former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray. Sutton is his running-mate.

CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror-funding case by the Justice Department. CAIR officials have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to radical Islamist terror.

It is still early in the race, but Cordray holds an early lead. In a January poll conducted by Fallon Research, Cordray, who recently resigned as head of the Consumer Products Safety Commission, led with 23 percent, and Kucinich took second place with 16 percent. Schiavoni took four percent, and Pillich two percent. Bill O'Neill, former justice of the Ohio Supreme Court who recently resigned to run for governor, took three percent. A whopping 52 percent remained undecided.

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Full report is here (h/t Stephen Green at Instapundit).

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Musical chairs: political headlines at cleveland.com

art credit: australianpoliticsonline.com

Musical chairs: political headlines at cleveland.com 

(just the last two days!)

Jim Renacci drops out of the Ohio governor's race to run forSenate

Dennis Kucinich to enter Ohio governor's race on Wednesday

Nan Whaley to drop out of Ohio governor's race Friday

Mary Taylor unveils Hamilton executive [Nathan Estruth] as running mate [in Governor’s race]

Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton announce joint Ohio gubernatorial ticket

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