Potential Recount in Ohio

[BuckeyeNut]

In the infinite wisdom of the drafters of the state Constitution, Ohio is one of those states where State Supreme Court candidates are elected. While technically non-partisan, such a claim is frankly horse hockey. This year, there were two such elections.

In the first, Mike DeWine's son Pat beat Cynthia Rice, who--going off of state bar ratings--was the most qualified candidate of the cycle.

In the other race, John O'Donnell (D)--who previously ran in 2014--is narrowly behind Pat Fischer (R). Fischer leads O'Donnell by 0.6%, with 103,000 uncounted absentee ballots and 158,000 uncounted provisional ballots. A recount automatically happens if the margin of victory falls below 0.25%, as may happen.

While this was a bad year for Democrats, O'Donnell is very clearly benefitting from the official non-partisan status of the race, and a somewhat more familiar, Irish-Catholic name.

As of now, there is a 6-to-1 Republican majority on the Ohio Supreme Court.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

In the infinite wisdom of the drafters of the state Constitution, Ohio is one of those states where State Supreme Court candidates are elected. While technically non-partisan, such a claim is frankly horse hockey. This year, there were two such elections.

In the first, Mike DeWine's son Pat beat Cynthia Rice, who--going off of state bar ratings--was the most qualified candidate of the cycle.

In the other race, John O'Donnell (D)--who previously ran in 2014--is narrowly behind Pat Fischer (R). Fischer leads O'Donnell by 0.6%, with 103,000 uncounted absentee ballots and 158,000 uncounted provisional ballots. A recount automatically happens if the margin of victory falls below 0.25%, as may happen.

While this was a bad year for Democrats, O'Donnell is very clearly benefitting from the official non-partisan status of the race, and a somewhat more familiar, Irish-Catholic name.

As of now, there is a 6-to-1 Republican majority on the Ohio Supreme Court.

Ugh...Pat DeWine is the worst!

[BuckeyeNut]

I'm not too familiar with Pat DeWine. What makes him worse than Dear Old Dad?