GOP state representative who called public schools ‘socialism’ to chair Ohio House Education Committee. ODP Chairman David Pepper said Brenner’s appointment is “yet another example of how out of touch this legislature has gotten from the mainstream, common-sense values of Ohio families.”
In 2008, 6 million Americans didn’t vote because they missed a registration deadline or didn’t know how to register. Voter registration deadline for Tuesday, November 3 – General Election is Monday, October 5, 2015. Early Voting begins Tuesday, October 6, 2015.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has rolled out their schedule for six pre-primary debates to be held for Democratic Presidential candidates.
Ted Strickland received official endorsements from ODP State Executive Committee, former President Bill Clinton, Senator Sherrod Brown, Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Columbus City Council President — and Columbus mayoral candidate — Andrew J. Ginther. Strickland also earned the support of three of the four Democrats in Ohio’s U.S. House delegation: Representatives Joyce Beatty of Jefferson Township, Tim Ryan of Niles and Marcia Fudge of Cleveland.
By Chris Cillizza | The Washington Post
Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland is ahead of Sen. Rob Portman (R) by nine points in a new Quinnipiac University poll out today, a result that has to make Democrats eyeing the possibility of retaking the Senate in 2016 very, very happy.
