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Monday, June 7, 2010
New poll: Kasich edges Strickland; Senate race “dead heat”
Republican challenger John Kasich leads Democratic incumbent Gov. Ted Strickland, 47-42 percent among likely voters in a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Monday, June 7.
A Rasmussen Reports poll also shows a dead heat in U.S. Senate race between Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Republican Rob Portman, a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member and top aide to President George W. Bush. Each candidate has 43 percent support.
In the governor’s race, Kasich, a former Columbus-area U.S. House member, regained a slight lead after April and May results that showed the candidates essentially even. Before that Kasich led.
The results come after an Ohio Poll, sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, released on May 28, showed Strickland leading Kasich, 49-44 percent, and Fisher edging Portman, 47-46 percent.
Other findings in the Rasmussen Reports poll:
*55 percent somewhat (25 percent) or strongly disapprove (30 percent) of Strickland’s job as governor while 43 percent strongly approve (13 percent) or somewhat approve (30 percent) Strickland’s performance,
*58 percent would favor an Arizona-type immigration law for Ohio.
*50 percent somewhat disapprove (8 percent) or strongly disapprove (42 percent) President Barack Obama’s performance while 49 percent strongly approve (34 percent) or somewhat approve (15 percent) the president’s performance.
Both polls were taken on Thursday, June 3, with 500 likely voters and have margins of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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In chief justice race - O’Connor “highly recommended”, Brown “recommended”
The Ohio State Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Candidates on Monday, June 7, released ratings for candidates in two state Supreme Court races on the Nov. 2 ballot.
In the race for Chief Justice, Republican Maureen O’Connor, currently a Supreme Court justice, was “highly recommended” while Democratic Chief Justice Eric Brown, appointed to the post by Gov. Ted Strickland, was “recommended.”
In the second race, incumbent Republican Justice Judith Lanzinger and her Democratic challenger, Mary Jane Trapp, a judge on the Ohio 11th District Court of Appeals in Warren, both were “highly recommended.”
The commission did not issue a rating in the third Supreme Court race in which incumbent Republican Paul Pfeifer is unopposed.
To win a superior “highly recommended” rating, a candidate had to receive favorable votes from at least 75 percent of commission members. To receive a “recommended” rating, a candidate had to receive favorable votes from at least 65 percent of commission members.
Brown, a former Franklin County Probate Court judge, is the only Democrat on the seven-member court. He was appointed by Strickland after the death of Republican Chief Justice Thomas Moyer in April.
The 25-member commission evaluated the candidates on eight non-political criteria - legal knowledge and ability; professional experience; judicial competence; integrity; diligence; health; personal responsibility and public/community service, a press release said.
The process makes it possible for two or more candidates to receive the same rating, the release said.
Cleveland attorney Robert F. Ware chaired the committee. There also were members from the OSBA’s 18 geographic districts and six at-large members, the release said.
