Governor candidate gets conservative backing from Washington trip
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By DAVID HAMMER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ohio's secretary of state secured more conservative support of his campaign for governor Thursday when he went to Washington to promote President Bush's Supreme Court nominee.
Kenneth Blackwell has promoted himself as a values-oriented candidate. One of his two major opponents in the Republican primary, Attorney General Jim Petro, responded with television ads presenting his own conservative credentials.
Members of the Coalition of African American Pastors said they asked Blackwell to speak for them in support of nominee Samuel Alito because Blackwell added some national political clout from his past federal appointments.
In return, some of the seven pastors at Thursday's event at the National Press Club say they will campaign for Blackwell and promote his conservative Christian values...