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Romans succeeds where Zettler failed
Despite a vitriolic campaign and a state-funded war chest, Hamilton attorney Jack Zettler wasn’t able to become the only Democrat elected to countywide office by winning the auditor’s race. Roger Reynolds will keep that job.
But Judge Kathleen Romans will keep her post at Butler County juvenile judge. She is now the second Democratic judge in the county (Hamilton Municipal Judge Dan Gattermeyer is a Democrat), and the only Democrat elected countywide.
Why do you think she was able to pull it off? Did her campaign do something different or better than Zettler, or does it simply come down to her being an incumbent after being appointed by the governor and not having a “D” next to her name?
Do you think there’s any significance to this power shift? Judges don’t make policy, so they’re generally low-key as far as politicking goes, but they come in handy when it’s time to raise money.
What do you think?
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By concerned
November 5, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
I am one of those voters who vote for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation. Both Zettler and Chabot ran very negative campaigns. Zettlers postcard of a used car salesman, and Chabots use of a picture of Driehaus with his mouth open were rude and unprofeccional. Thier opponets and Romans ran clean campaigns. Congratulations to them!
By Bill
November 5, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Comparing judge’s races and party contests is “apples and oranges”, Tim Evans ran a clean campaign against Romans, she just won. Her history in the juvenile court and her name recognition, which is always important in judge’s races, may have had a lot to do with it. Zettler ran a negative campaign based on lies and false accusations and couldn’t even show class in defeat. Amusing that of the 4 D’s the Journal endorsed, only Romans won…guess that bias doesn’t always pay off.