OH-Gov: DeWine In

[Kingpoleon]

Democratic bench in Ohio has been destroyed since 2010. Anyone besides Richard Cordray or Tim Ryan is a sacrificial lamb. And even they wouldn't be favored, especially in a Clinton mid-term.

Yeah, Kasich basically destroyed Ed FitzGerald, who was a perfectly viable rising star until Kasich literally ignored him. Since then, the mayors of major cities all compliment him, which is a lot smarter of a thing to do than the OH Democrats, who just keep attacking a Governor with 2:1 approval ratings.

[Kingpoleon]

1: Unsurprising.
2: Taylor will definitely go for it, she's Kasich's preferred successor.
3: Kasich didn't beat Fitz by ignoring him. Fitz imploded under the weight of his own idiocy.

Agreed. Taylor will do a lot better than the poll showing DeWine leading her by forty, though. If not her, then Tiberi will run.

FitzGerald suffered from a number of combined factors. However, Kasich winning Cuyahoga by seven against its County Executive makes me wonder if maybe he would have won it against even someone like Tim Ryan or Richard Cordray.

[Kingpoleon]

Frank LaRose might run for Secretary of State. He would do pretty good. This alone shows he would do a pretty good job, IMO. Other than that, he's proposed legislation introducing online registration to vote and making the absentee voting system more fair and accurate. Other than that, "[h]e sponsored legislation to make Ohio’s regulatory system more efficient and more conducive to economic growth," according to Wikipedia, so he could try for Treasurer.

Mike Duffey was Kasich's intern in D. C. and worked for Kenneth Blackwell as Secretary of State, so he's another possibility for Secretary of State. Duffey also worked at a public relations firm. In the legislature, he helped privatize the Department of Development's oversight, allowing it to be more efficiently ran.

Pat DeWine, meanwhile, is far and away the most likely/qualified to be Attorney General next. I'd be very surprised if he doesn't run.

[Kingpoleon]

Pat DeWine will have had two years on the Ohio Supreme Court. Sandoval became a Judge for a District Court after just two years as Nevada's Attorney General, so it's not too far-fetched.

Steve Austria was a financial advisor before he ran for office, right? Could he pull a DeWine and run for Treasurer?

[Kingpoleon]

This is probably a very Atlasian thing to say, but I think DeWine running for Attorney General was one of the smarter things a politician has done. After losing higher office, they have a big enough name to run for a lower position. More young politicians could learn from that.

[Kingpoleon]

Kasich's approval is down 5% from its peak:
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However, if I remember correctly, Quinnipiac does have a D+5ish bias.

[Kingpoleon]

That's it. I was thinking of another one(maybe PPP?).