Kaptur touts joint bus tour of Toledo, other Ohio cities for candidates

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Letter offers Clinton, Obama close look at Ohio's distress
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By TOM TROY
BLADE POLITICS WRITER

With Ohio shaping up as a make-or-break state for the Democratic presidential nomination, the state’s Democratic congressional delegation is trying to use its super-delegate clout to focus the candidates’ attention on Ohio’s economic problems.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) is leading the effort to get the two candidates on the same bus for a day-and-a-half trip around the state...

The congressmen who signed the letter were Miss Kaptur, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones and Dennis Kucinich of Cuyahoga County, Tim Ryan of Niles, near Akron; Zack Space of Dover in east-central Ohio; Betty Sutton of Barberton, in Summit County, and Charlie Wilson of St. Clairsville, near Wheeling, W.Va...

Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is also endorsing the request for the bus trip, Miss Kaptur said. Mr. Brown, who has stayed neutral in the Democratic contest, could not be reached for comment...




(Republican)Ohio Senate candidate in custody in Wood County

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BOWLING GREEN — John F. Schulte, a Republican running for the Ohio Senate’s 2nd District in the March 4 primary, turned himself in yesterday after a warrant was issued charging him with violating the terms of his bond.

Schulte, 52, of Wood County’s Troy Township was indicted by a Wood County grand jury in October for menacing by stalking and telecommunications harassment after being accused of stalking a Lucas County woman he knew...


According to a prosecutor’s motion, the victim found an envelope in her newspaper box Nov. 19 with her name typed on the outside.

Inside the box was an index card with “don’t testify” typed on it...

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1. Bill Clinton will be in Marietta Ohio 2-17-08

I can't wait to go see him. I know it'll be a stump speech, but maybe it'll galvanize me!

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/500935.html?nav=5002