OH: More Money Stuff (August)

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Franklin County Auditor, Clarence Mingo, will primary State Rep. Robert Sprague for Treasurer.

I wonder if the Republicans will be dumb enough to nominate him.

[BuckeyeNut]

Franklin County Auditor, Clarence Mingo, will primary State Rep. Robert Sprague for Treasurer.

I wonder if the Republicans will be dumb enough to nominate him.

Is Sprague really such a good candidate himself?

Leland is a good candidate for the Democrats (assuming he gets in), and I'd be concerned with Leland facing off against Mingo than Sprague since Mingo will likely outperform other Republicans in Franklin County. Mingo's also more likely to outperform with African-Americans across the state.

[Heisenberg]

Just wondering, what in particular makes Mingo a bad candidate?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Just wondering, what in particular makes Mingo a bad candidate?

Placeholder for whenever I have time to make megapost about all his scandals and skeletons and general awfulness as a candidate.  And speaking as a resident of a fairly Republican part of Franklin County, he really wouldn't over-perform generic R at all here, especially not with African-Americans.  Leland would kick Mingo's a**, to be blunt.  Of course, that's what happens when you run an A-list candidate who happens to be a fundraising powerhouse when motivated against a weak B-list Republican.  The margin may not be a blowout, to be sure, but Leland's got this if he runs unless a much stronger Republican than Mingo gets in the race.

[ShadowRocket]

Which wouldnt be a problem if we had Tim Ryan...

Well, it's an issue for TD

Time for Cordray to quit, run for Governor, and make his way to the White House.

I hope I'm wrong but, realistically, I'd say that if he's not out of the CFPB (whether by resignation or removal) by the end of June, then 1) OH's not getting Gov. Cordray in '18; & 2) your timeline is indeed screwed lol

I'm surprised that Cordray is still even around since the CFPB has been a huge target for the GOP. I know that Trump's hands are tied somewhat since he can fire him only for cause, and maybe they want to see what the DC Circuit says, but I'm still surprised that they haven't come up with some kind of excuse.

[Kamala]

Should Sutton run for Renacci's seat if she loses the primary? Or is she already, politically, old news?

[BuckeyeNut]

She couldn't really do that due to registration deadlines.

[publicunofficial]

From an election junkie perspective, I'd love a Sutton vs. Renacci match-up.

[Figueira]

Should Sutton run for Renacci's seat if she loses the primary? Or is she already, politically, old news?

Welcome to the forum!

[Badger]

Just wondering, what in particular makes Mingo a bad candidate?

Placeholder for whenever I have time to make megapost about all his scandals and skeletons and general awfulness as a candidate.  And speaking as a resident of a fairly Republican part of Franklin County, he really wouldn't over-perform generic R at all here, especially not with African-Americans.  Leland would kick Mingo's a**, to be blunt.  Of course, that's what happens when you run an A-list candidate who happens to be a fundraising powerhouse when motivated against a weak B-list Republican.  The margin may not be a blowout, to be sure, but Leland's got this if he runs unless a much stronger Republican than Mingo gets in the race.

REALLY interested in this follow-up when you have time.

With Mingo's military background, plus being an African-American Republican office holding from a large Democratic county, I'd always assumed he's a potential future star. Not that I know much else about him.

[Rjjr77]

Franklin County Auditor, Clarence Mingo, will primary State Rep. Robert Sprague for Treasurer.

I wonder if the Republicans will be dumb enough to nominate him.

Is Sprague really such a good candidate himself?

Leland is a good candidate for the Democrats (assuming he gets in), and I'd be concerned with Leland facing off against Mingo than Sprague since Mingo will likely outperform other Republicans in Franklin County. Mingo's also more likely to outperform with African-Americans across the state.

Spragues a pretty good candidate himself.

[Rjjr77]

Just wondering, what in particular makes Mingo a bad candidate?

Placeholder for whenever I have time to make megapost about all his scandals and skeletons and general awfulness as a candidate.  And speaking as a resident of a fairly Republican part of Franklin County, he really wouldn't over-perform generic R at all here, especially not with African-Americans.  Leland would kick Mingo's a**, to be blunt.  Of course, that's what happens when you run an A-list candidate who happens to be a fundraising powerhouse when motivated against a weak B-list Republican.  The margin may not be a blowout, to be sure, but Leland's got this if he runs unless a much stronger Republican than Mingo gets in the race.

REALLY interested in this follow-up when you have time.

With Mingo's military background, plus being an African-American Republican office holding from a large Democratic county, I'd always assumed he's a potential future star. Not that I know much else about him.

Im not going to rumor monger, but we'll just say he has a lot of skeletons in his closet.

[Rjjr77]

From an election junkie perspective, I'd love a Sutton vs. Renacci match-up.

Id say shes the front runner right now on the D side, but hes got a big uphill climb. My guess is he finishes 3rd

[Simfan34]

Who's Kasich's candidate?

[Rjjr77]

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

[brucejoel99]

From an election junkie perspective, I'd love a Sutton vs. Renacci match-up.

Id say shes the front runner right now on the D side, but hes got a big uphill climb. My guess is he finishes 3rd

"Right now" is the key phrase there... add in Cordray (& if the already-announced absence of Ryan were negated), she'd be in Renacci's position lol

[BuckeyeNut]

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

Worth noting that happened after Taylor betrayed Team Kasich when she voted for the new, Trump-approved OH GOP chair, Jane Timken, over long-time Kasich ally, Matt Borges.

[Rjjr77]

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

Worth noting that happened after Taylor betrayed Team Kasich when she voted for the new, Trump-approved OH GOP chair, Jane Timken, over long-time Kasich ally, Matt Borges.

In fairness dewines campaign manager is a long time Kasich operative and he was hired prior to that

[Rjjr77]

From an election junkie perspective, I'd love a Sutton vs. Renacci match-up.

Id say shes the front runner right now on the D side, but hes got a big uphill climb. My guess is he finishes 3rd

"Right now" is the key phrase there... add in Cordray (& if the already-announced absence of Ryan were negated), she'd be in Renacci's position lol

Those are big hypothetical at this juncture. Cordray does not have a lot of time

[Kamala]

Should Sutton run for Renacci's seat if she loses the primary? Or is she already, politically, old news?

Welcome to the forum!

Thank you! I feel as if I am but a mere mortal in the realm of political deities but it was about time for me to actually make an account.

[BuckeyeNut]

You definitely should not feel that way.

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

Worth noting that happened after Taylor betrayed Team Kasich when she voted for the new, Trump-approved OH GOP chair, Jane Timken, over long-time Kasich ally, Matt Borges.

In fairness dewines campaign manager is a long time Kasich operative and he was hired prior to that

It's funny, though, given Kasich ran DeWine's people out of OH GOP leadership back in 2010.

[Rjjr77]

You definitely should not feel that way.

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

Worth noting that happened after Taylor betrayed Team Kasich when she voted for the new, Trump-approved OH GOP chair, Jane Timken, over long-time Kasich ally, Matt Borges.

In fairness dewines campaign manager is a long time Kasich operative and he was hired prior to that

It's funny, though, given Kasich ran DeWine's people out of OH GOP leadership back in 2010.

Different Dewine. Kevin DeWine was the party chair in 2010, in 2012 Kasich had him ousted, but he wasn't a Mike Dewine loyalist

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

You definitely should not feel that way.

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

Worth noting that happened after Taylor betrayed Team Kasich when she voted for the new, Trump-approved OH GOP chair, Jane Timken, over long-time Kasich ally, Matt Borges.

In fairness dewines campaign manager is a long time Kasich operative and he was hired prior to that

It's funny, though, given Kasich ran DeWine's people out of OH GOP leadership back in 2010.

Different Dewine. Kevin DeWine was the party chair in 2010, in 2012 Kasich had him ousted, but he wasn't a Mike Dewine loyalist

He's Mike DeWine's second cousin.

[Rjjr77]

You definitely should not feel that way.

Who's Kasich's candidate?

He has publicly backed Taylor, his LG, in the run up to the race, I dont believe hes formally endorsed, the majority of Kasich's "team" appears to be backing Mike DeWine.

Worth noting that happened after Taylor betrayed Team Kasich when she voted for the new, Trump-approved OH GOP chair, Jane Timken, over long-time Kasich ally, Matt Borges.

In fairness dewines campaign manager is a long time Kasich operative and he was hired prior to that

It's funny, though, given Kasich ran DeWine's people out of OH GOP leadership back in 2010.

Different Dewine. Kevin DeWine was the party chair in 2010, in 2012 Kasich had him ousted, but he wasn't a Mike Dewine loyalist

He's Mike DeWine's second cousin.

Yes... they were hardly politically connected.

[Technocracy Timmy]

Why doesn't Cordray jump into the race?

I know that he's sworn that he wouldn't voluntarily leave the cfpb, but Trump will likely fire him the day after the Ohio filing as a way of ending his political career for good. The GOP doesn't want Cordray to run and they don't like the cfpb so this strategy would be a way of killing two birds with one stone.