OH-GOV 2018: Strickland for governor?

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Not a chance.  Even if Tim Ryan doesn't run, it won't be Strickland.

If Tim Ryan doesn't run, I think it will be Cordray.

Maybe.  I don't know that he wants it, tbh.  From what I've heard, he really loves heading the Consumer Protection Bureau and I could easily see him choosing to spend the rest of his career as a consumer advocate of some sort.  He probably has right of second refusal though.  Connie Pillich (who might very well have beaten Mandel if she hadn't been dragged down by 1) 2014 being 2014 and 2) FitzGerald) is probably going to run.  I've heard rumors Betty Sutton (who I've never been very impressed by as a candidate tbh) is looking at the race as well. 

Pretty much this. The only way Cordray likely runs is if he's out of a job due to Trump winning.

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No way.

Ryan and Pillich are both saying they'll run behind doors that aren't quite closed. And at this point, Cordray has all the makings of a beltway-lifer. (Though the OH GOP is relentlessly attacking him.)

I would like to see now frmr. Columbus Mayor Coleman make another run at it, but that also seems unlikely.

Very much so. He had some corruption issues arise in the news in the last few months of his term. Not sure if/how those shook out.