Democrats, Republicans raising money for possible legal battle over close Ohio Supreme Court race

[TexasTowelie]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John O'Donnell is raising funds for possible legal challenges as he remains locked in a tight race for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court.

Ohio Republicans backing Cincinnati appellate Judge Pat Fischer — a conservative candidate who leads O'Donnell, a Democrat, by more than 24,000 votes in unofficial results — are working to secure donations for the same possible legal battle.

The fundraising efforts come as county election workers across the state prepare to count provisional and absentee ballots, and determine whether certain ballots are eligible. O'Donnell and Fischer's allies are expected to keep a close eye on the processes, and court challenges to whether certain ballots should be counted have occurred in past elections.

Republicans currently control the Ohio Supreme Court 6-1. Republican Cincinnati appellate Judge Pat DeWine beat his Democratic opponent on Election Night. Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, a Republican, ran unopposed.

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1. The results of the NC Supreme Court judge battle here is one reason I suspect hanky panky

with the voting in NC.

The incumbent Republican judge, Edmunds, was running ads all over TV for at least a month before
the election. He must have had outside money to do it. I think I saw one ad for the Dem challenger, Morgan,
the day before the election. No name recognition, no ad support. No D or R behind the names on the ballot, either.

Trump beat Hillary here by about 175,000 votes.

Cooper (D) beat McCrory (R), the incumbent governor, by about 4700 votes on election day, but counting provisionals
and absentee ballots has upped his margin now to almost 8,000 votes, but McCrory has yet to concede and has filed
complaints and challenges up the wazoo.

So, the judge position---which swings control of the NC Supreme Court from R to D if the D wins?

The challenging Dem, Morgan,(who also happens to be a black man) BEAT the incumbent, $$ supported Repub by almost 350,000 votes, and he only got about 29,000 fewer votes
than Hillary, without a straight ticket vote, no name recognition, and no identifying (D) behind his name. WTF?

Very bizarre and difficult to explain outcome, for me anyway.