Senate, Supreme Court candidates certified for March election
Candidates for U.S. Senate and the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday were certified by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted for the March 6 primary election.
The candidates for Senate are:
Democrats: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, of Avon, and write in, Mark A. McGinnis of Hilliard.
Republicans: David W. Dodt of Defiance, Donna K. Glisman of Graytown, Eric LaMont Gregory of Beavercreek, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel of Beachwood, Michael L. Pryce of Hudson and write-in Russell P. Bliss, Jr. of Willoughby.
Green Party: Write ins Joseph Rosario DeMare of Bowling Green and Anita Rios of Toledo.
Libertarian Party: John Fockler of Boardman.
Candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court include:
For term commencing Jan. 1, 2013 - Democrat Robert W. Price of Austintown and Republican Justice Terrence O'Donnell of Rocky River.
For term commencing Jan. 2, 2013 - Democrat Fanon A. Rucker of Cincinnati and Republican Justice Robert R. Cupp of Lima.
For unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2014 - Democratic Justice Yvette McGee Brown of Gahanna and Republican Sharon L. Kennedy of Liberty Twp.
A 10th candidate in the new 10th congressional district is expected to be added to the March 6 ballot after the Greene County Board of Elections discovered it mistakenly rejected five of the signatures on candidate petitions filed by Ryan Steele, 28, of Beavercreek.
The error was discovered after Steele asked board director Nancy Johannes to re-check the board’s work. Johannes said the problem was caused by the board’s failure to update voting records and she said those records will be updated as soon as possible. She does not think any other potential candidates have been impacted by the problem.
The Montgomery County Board of Elections will set a special meeting to certify Steele to the ballot, after having rejected his petitions Tuesday based on the inaccurate information from Greene County, said Steve Harsman, director of the Montgomery County board.
Certification is handled in the most populous county in the district, which includes all of Montgomery and Greene counties and the northern half of Fayette County. Major party candidates must submit 50 valid signatures of registered voters and the boards in each county verify the validity of signatures for residents of that county.
Steele submitted 60 signatures, most of which were from Greene County residents. Initially only 46 were deemed valid.
Harsman said he is awaiting information from Husted’s office before setting the special meeting to certify Steele.
The other certified candidates are:
Republicans: John D. Anderson of Enon, Edward Focke Breen of Kettering and U.S Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville.
Democrats: David Esrati of Dayton, Olivia Freeman of Fairborn, Thomas F. McMasters of Huber Heights, Sharen Swartz Neuhardt of Yellow Springs, and L. Mack VanAllen.
Libertarian: David A. Harlow of Dayton.
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