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Two Years After Endorsing Santorum, DeWine Still Battling Women, Birth Control

February 17, 2014

Today marks the two year anniversary of the day Attorney General Mike DeWine made national headlines by endorsing former Senator Rick Santorum for president in the 2012 Republican primary.  The endorsement symbolized DeWine’s embrace of Santorum’s outdated and sometimes bizarre views of women—a vision that DeWine has enthusiastically pursued in the courtroom as Attorney General, using Ohioans’ taxpayer funds.

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Ed FitzGerald Calls on Governor Kasich to Take a Stand on Right to Work

February 14, 2014

For the second time in two weeks, Governor Kasich dodged the question of where he stands on right-to-work yesterday saying, “It’s fair for you to ask. It’s also fair for me to say I don’t live in the future.” In late January, the Governor stated that right-to-work was “not on my agenda.” It’s clear that the Governor has not changed his anti-union philosophy on right-to-work.

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Rooting out pay to play 

February 3, 2014

Today, David Pepper, Democratic Candidate for Ohio Attorney General, announced his concrete plan to end the cycle of pay-to-play in how the Attorney General’s office awards certain special counsel and other contracts.

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Democrat vying for Ohio AG eyes voting rights

January 20, 2014

By JULIE CARR SMYTH | Associated Press

State attorney general candidate David Pepper said on Monday he would make advocating for voter rights a priority if elected this fall and criticized incumbent Mike DeWine for his record on election law issues.

Pepper, a Cincinnati Democrat, said DeWine, a Greene County Republican, has repeatedly defended state-passed election laws that were found unconstitutional or blocked by the courts, including those addressing early voting hours, provisional ballot handling and third-party ballot access.

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