Rumor: Voinovich may not run for reelection in 2010
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... . The lifeboats are filling up awfully fast. In other news, I am hearing rumors coming out of Ohio that Senator Voinovich is seriously considering making an announcement next week that he won’t be running for re-election. According to my sources, Rob Portman would likely be the Republican to replace him. This also opens up the GOP gubernatorial nomination for former Republican Congressman John Kasich. It’s just a rumor, but the Quinnipiac poll taken last month wasn’t exactly encouraging . Between Jim Talent and Roy Blunt, the bench is ...
Ohio Senator George Voinovich To Retire in 2010
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... term short to run for governor of Texas in 2010. The Ohio senator’s retirement leaves another seat vulnerable to poaching by Democrats. Ohio, a critical battleground state in recent presidential elections, voted for Barack Obama in 2008. And in 2006, Democrat Sherrod Brown unseated Republican senator Mike DeWine, who served two terms in the Senate. In announcing that he would not seek another term, avoids what could have been a difficult re-election fight. As recently as December a Quinnipiac University poll found that fewer than half of all voters in the state — 44 percent ...

