The 2012 Ohio Primary is now in the history books. At the Presidential level, we know that Mitt Romney prevailed over Rick Santorum by a narrow 1%, 38% to 37%, and the sometimes ugly battle goes on.
At the Congressional level, Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Toledo handily defeated Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland, but I’d bet that we haven’t heard the last of Cleveland’s former “Boy Mayor” who other than serving in Congress for 14 years made two Don Quixote attempts at the Presidency, but ultimately lost to John Kerry in 2004 and to Barack Obama in 2008 in the Democratic Primary.
And of course locally, Brad Wenstrup surprised a lot of people and political pundits by upsetting Congresswoman Jean Schmidt who had succeeded Congressman Rob Portman who had succeeded Congressman Bill Gradison in the Congressional seat to our East.
Now to really important things – the greatest Congressional district of all 435 districts which comprise the United States House of Representatives – the First Congressional District of Ohio, represented by yours truly. It changed quite a bit as a result of redistricting – that’s the process whereby the Ohio state legislature in Columbus redraws the Congressional district lines based upon the results of the census which is done once every ten years.
The following communities are coming into our district: Indian Hill, Montgomery, Sharonville, Symmes Township, part of Sycamore and all of Warren County. The following communities will be leaving our district and rejoining the Eighth District represented by Speaker John Boehner: Hanover Township, Morgan Township, Reilly Township, and Ross Township, (where they were prior to the last census in 2000). And the following communities will be leaving our district and joining the Second Congressional District (Schmidt/Wenstrup): Amberley Village, Greenhills, Lockland, Mt. Healthy, North College Hill, Norwood, Reading, Springfield Township, Woodlawn, and Wyoming.
I have three opponents this year – a Democrat, a Libertarian, and a Green Party candidate. And most importantly, I have approximately 250,000 new people coming into the District whom I need to get to know, and whom I need to get to know me.
That’s where I’d like to ask for your help. Every quarter candidates for Congress must file a report with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosing how much they’ve raised for that quarter. This quarter ends in a few weeks, March 31st. These reports are closely scrutinized by the political parties, by super PACs, and by groups like moveon.org., etc. for signs of weakness and vulnerability. So far, we’re in pretty good shape but I need to have a good quarter to make sure we keep the wolves at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) at bay.
I’d really appreciate it if you’d consider making a secure online contribution to my campaign by clicking here, or you can send it to Chabot for Congress, 3030 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45211.
I can assure you that I’ll put your generous support to good use. As always, please let me know if you have any comments, suggestions, or if I can be of any help.