Ohio Special Election Nail-Biter: Pro-Worker Candidate Could Win Congressional Seat
23rd November 2007
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On Dec. 11, voters in Ohio’s 5th District will vote in a special election to fill their vacant congressional seat.
Robin Weirauch, the pro-worker candidate in the race and a former member of the Electrical Workers (IBEW), has the opportunity to take the seat.
Although the district is heavily Republican (Bush won 61 percent of the vote there in 2004), Democrats Ted Strickland and Sherrod Brown took the 5th District in 2006. And Weirauch's Republican opponent, state Rep. Bob Latta, just went through a “brutal” primary battle.
Plus, turnout is typically low in a special election like this, which means anything can happen.