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Democrat Todd Book to challenge U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt
State Rep. Todd Book, D-McDermott, on Thursday, July 23, announced that he’s running for the U.S. House in 2010 to challenge U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland, in the 2nd District.
The district includes parts of Warren, Scioto and Hamilton counties as well as all of Pike, Adams, Brown and Clermont Counties.
“In these tough times, the people of southwest Ohio deserve a representative who will be independent, work with both parties to solve problems and stand up for Ohio values in Washington,” Book said in a press release.
In the recent state budget deliberations, Book was a prime mover behind successful efforts to put video slot machines at Ohio racetracks. A lawyer, he has served in the Ohio House since 2003.
Republicans appeared ready for the challenge.
“It’s hard to argue that a hand-picked candidate of Nancy Pelosi and a promoter of Ted Strickland’s reckless spending agenda will be any more successful than the Democrats’ other failed challengers in this seat,” Paul Lindsay, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a press release.
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By Jim Parker
July 24, 2009 5:08 AM | Link to this
Jim Parker is also running against Jean Schmidt. www.JimPARKER4ad.blogspot.com