http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061021/NEWS09/610210400OHIO GOVERNOR'S RACE
Blackwell's attacks on foe getting personal; Strickland's sexual orientation questioned
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By JIM TANKERSLEY
BLADE POLITICS WRITER
Three months ago, merely referencing a Web page that questioned whether the Democratic nominee for governor was gay cost an Ohio Republican Party staffer his job.
This week, Republican nominee Ken Blackwell sent reporters an e-mail that quoted Fox News commentators accusing Democrat Ted Strickland of vacationing in Italy with a “boy toy.”
No one at the state GOP complained.
Mr. Strickland, a congressman from southeast Ohio, has been married 20 years. He and his wife, Frances, have no children.
In recent weeks, he has told reporters asking a barrage of questions the same thing over and over. He is not gay.