Reports indicate John Kasich (R) has bested Ted Strickland (D) in the gubernatorial race in Ohio.

[tritsofme]

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Oh Lehman Bothers just fucking great. As a former Ohio resident. WTF???!!

[OhioBlue]

IMO - the story of the ODP being so awesomely awesome

was BS. I think their strategy sucked and they should have learned more from the '08 OFA effort and Dean's 50 State strategy method. I seriously think they conceded in rural areas and only focused on turnout in Dem strong holds. That is what lost us many elections in Ohio. ODP/Chris Redfern fail!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. You got it. nt

[OhioBlue]

2. yeah - I've been looking at numbers all night

and I don't see any hope for Strickland. Ohio vote totals suck tonight big time. I'm sick.
We lost everything.

And we lost reapportionment for the next decade.

Damn it.

[budkin]

3. Another close one that broke GOP... like PA and IL Senate

[HughBeaumont]

4. Yep, get ready for some CHOPPIN!

Guess this state doesn't like police, firefighters, librarians, teachers, schools or parks.

Oh yeah, he was also on the Board of Directors for Invacare when they infamously shipped jobs overseas - a free-trader and a Wall-Street baron to the core, Ohio workers, just in case you thought he cared about your needs.

If you're a government worker, better get yer resume ready. This guy also has no plan as to how this state's going to get revenue . . . or jobs, for that matter.

[doc03]

5. It's sad, they had a red/blue map of Ohio on ONN

the only blue is around the Youngstown area and on the Lake Erie shoreline. I can't believe after the last Republican left office in disgrace we get another Republican just 4 years later. Damn the people in this state suck.

[SoCalDem]

6. Interesting what a years-long infomercial on Fox will do for a candidate

and he was paid handsomely to self-promote, in preparation for his run