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Last week, Jeremy Pelzer at cleveland.com reported (h/t Ralph King):
COLUMBUS,
Ohio--U.S. Senate candidate Mike Gibbons was endorsed by the Franklin County
Republican Party on Wednesday by an overwhelming margin, giving the
Cleveland-area businessman a high-profile win in his underdog bid to snatch the
GOP nomination from Treasurer Josh Mandel.
The county
party's central committee vote was 85-16, according to Gibbons. It's the first
time Gibbons has been endorsed by a county party; the Cuyahoga County GOP
previously endorsed Mandel.