VOTER’S GUIDE
(Ohio and Sandusky County)
MID-TERM ELECTIONS 2010
Compiled by American Patriots Against Government Excess
(American PAGE)
2951 East State Street
Fremont, Ohio 43420
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CONTACT INFORMATION
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Phone Numbers:Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
TTY/TTD Comments: 202-456-6213
Visitors Office: 202-456-2121
Web Site:
UNITED STATES SENATE
Postal Mail:
For correspondence to U.S. Senators:
Office of Senator (Name)
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
For correspondence to Senate Committees:
(Name of Committee)
United State Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone:
United States Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request.
E-Mail:
All questions and comments regarding public policy issues, legislation or requests for personal assistance should be directed to the Senators from your state. For a complete listing of all Senators, see below.
Web site:
U.S. Senators
Arranged by State
(For non-Ohio Senators, please see the Senate‘s web site for specific contact information for that particular Senator.)
Indicates seat to be vacated either by retirement or up for re-election.
Alabama:Sessions, Jeff (R)
Shelby, Richard C. (R)
Alaska:
Begich, Mark (D)
Murkowski, Lisa (R)
Arizona:
Kyl, Jon (R)
McCain, John (R)
Arkansas:
Lincoln, Blanche L. (D)
Pryor, Mark L. (D)
California:
Boxer, Barbara (D)
Feinstein, Dianne (D)
Colorado:
Bennet, Michael F. (D)
Udall, Mark (D)
Connecticut:
Dodd, Christopher J.
Lieberman, Joseph L. (ID)
Delaware:
Carper, Thomas R. (D)
Kaufman, Edward E. (D) / Florida:
LeMieux, George S. (R)
Nelson, Bill (D)
Georgia:
Chambliss, Saxby (R)
Isakson, Johnny (R)
Hawaii:
Akaka, Daniel K. (D)
Inouye, Daniel K. (D)
Idaho:
Crapo, Mike (R)
Risch, James E. (R)
Illinois:
Burris, Roland W. (D)
Durbin, Richard J. (D)
Indiana:
Bayh, Evan (D)
Lugar, Richard G. (R)
Iowa:
Grassley, Chuck (R)
Harkin, Tom (D)
Kansas:
Brownback, Sam (R)
Roberts, Pat (R)
Kentucky:
Bunning, Jim (R)
McConnell, Mitch (R)
Louisiana:
Landrieu, Mary L. (D)
Vitter, David (R)
Maine:
Collins, Susan M. (R)
Snowe, Olympia J. (R)
Maryland:
Cardin, Benjamin L. (D)
Mikulski, Barbara A. (D)
Massachusetts:
Brown, Scott (R)
Kerry, John F. (D)
Michigan:
Levin, Carl (D)
Stabenow, Debbie (D)
Minnesota:
Franken, Al (D)
Klobuchar, Amy (D)
Mississippi:
Cochran, Thad (R)
Wicker, Roger F. (R)
Missouri:
Bond, Christopher S. (R)
McCaskill, Clarie (D) / Montana:
Baucus, Max (D)
Tester, Jon (D)
Nebraska:
Johanns, Mike (R)
Nelson, Ben (D)
Nevada:
Ensign, John (R)
Reid, Harry (D)
New Hampshire:
Gregg, Judd (R)
Shaheen, Jeanne (D)
New Jersey:
Lauenberg, Frank (D)
Menendez, Robert (D)
New Mexico:
Bingaman, Jeff (D)
Udall, Tom (D)
New York:
Gillibrand, Kristen E. (D)
Schumer, Charles E. (D)
North Carolina:
Burr, Richard (R)
Hagan, Kay R. (D)
North Dakota:
Conrad, Kent (D)
Dorgan, Byron L. (D)
Ohio:
Brown, Sherrod (D)
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Telephone: 202-224-2315
FAX: 202-228-6321
Web Site:
Voinovich, George V. (R)
524 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D. 20510
Telephone: 202-224-3353 or 800-205-6446
Web site:
Oklahoma:
Coburn, Tom (R)
Inhofe, James M. (R)
Oregon:
Merkley, Jeff (D)
Wyden, Ron (D)
Pennsylvania:
Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D)
Specter, Arlen (D)
Rhode Island:
Reed, Jack (D)
Whitehouse, Sheldon (D)
South Carolina:
DeMint, Jim (R)
Graham, Lindsey (R)
South Dakota:
Johnson, Tim D. (D)
Thune, John (R) / Tennessee:
Alexander, Lamar (R)
Corker, Bob (R)
Texas:
Comyn, John (R)
Hutchinson, Kay Bailey (R)
Utah:
Bennett, Robert F. (R)
Hatch, Orrin G. (R)
Vermont:
Leahy, Patrick J. (D)
Sanders, Barnard (I)
Virginia:
Warner, Mark R. (D)
Webb, Jim (D)
Washington:
Cantwell, Maria (D)
Murray, Patty (D)
West Virginia:
Byrd, Robert C. (D)
Rockefeller John D., IV (D)
Wisconsin:
Feingold, Russell D. (D)
Kohl, Herb (D)
Wyoming:
Barrasso, John (R)
Enzi, Michael B. (R)
U.S. House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
111th Congress, 2nd Session
Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone: 202-224-3121
TTY: 202-225-1904
Web Site:
Congressman Bob Latta
Representing Ohio’s 5th Congressional District
1531 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone: 202-225-6405 or 800-541-6446
FAX: 202-225-1985
Web Site:
Bowling Green Office:
1045 North Main Street, Suite 6
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402-1361
Telephone: 419-354-8700
Norwalk Office:
11 East main Street
Norwalk, Ohio 44857
Telephone: 419-668-0206
A complete list of all Representatives follows. For detailed information on Representatives, please see the House of Representives’ web site.
STATE OF OHIO
Governor’s OfficeIncumbent: Ted Strickland (D)
Riffe Center, 30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6108
Telephone: 614-466-3555
Constituent Help line: 614-644-3457
FAX: 614-466-9354
Web Site:
Attorney GeneralIncumbent: Richard Cordray (D)
30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 800-282-0515
Secretary of StateIncumbent: Jennifer Brunner (D)
180 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 877-767-6446
AuditorIncumbent: Mary Taylor (R)
88 East Broad Street, 5th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 800-282-0370 or 614-466-4514
TreasurerIncumbent: Kevin Boyce (D)
30 East Broad Street, 9th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3461
Telephone: 800-228-1102 or 614-466-2160
OHIO SENATE
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Web Site:
District 26 - Karen Gillmor (R)
Senate Building
1 Capitol Square, Ground Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614-466-8049
E-Mail:
A listing of each Ohio Senate Member follows. For specific contact information, please see the Senate’s web site.
District 1Steve Buehrer (R)
District 2Mark Wagoner (R)
District 3David Goodman (R)
District 4Gary Cates (R)
District 5Fred Strahorn (D)
District 6Jon Husted (R)
District 7Shannon Jones (R)
District 8Bill Seitz (R)
District 9Eric Kearney (D)
District 10Chris Widener (R)
District 11Teresa Fedor (D)
District 12Keith Faber (R)
District 13Sue Morano (D)
District 14Tom Niehaus (R)
District 15Ray Miller (D)
District 16Jim Hughes (R)
District 17John Carey (R)
District 18Tim Grendell (R)
District 19Bill Harris (R)
District 20Jimmy Stewart (R)
District 21Shirley A. Smith (D)
District 22Bob Gibbs (R)
District 23Dale Miller (D)
District 24Tom Patton (R)
District 25Nina Turner (D)
District 26Karen Gillmor (R)
District 27Kevin Coughlin (R)
District 28Tom Sawyer (D)
District 29Kirk Schuring (R)
District 30Jason Wilson (D)
District 31Tim Schaffer (R)
District 32Capri S. Cafaro (D)
District 33Joe Schiavoni (D)
OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6111
Web Site:
District 81 - Jeff Wagner (R)
77 South High Street, 10th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6111
Telephone: 614-466-1374
FAX: 614-719-6981
E-Mail:
A listing of each Representative follows. For specific contact information, please see the Senate’s web site.
District 1Linda S. Bolon (D)District 2Kris Jordan (R)
District 3Ron Amstutz (R)
District 4Matt Huffman (R)
District 5Gerald L. Stebelton (R)
District 6Randy Gardner (R)
District 7Kenny Yoko (D)
District 8Armond Budish (D)
District 9Barbara Boyd (D)
District 10Ron Belcher (D)
District 11Sandra Williams (D)
District 12Michael DeBose (D)
District 13Michael Skindell (D)
District 14Mike Foley (D)
District 15Timothy J. DeGeeter (D)
District 16Nan Baker (R)
District 17Josh Mandel (R)
District 18Matt Patten (D)
District 19Marian Harris (D)
District 20Nancy Garland (D)
District 21Kevin Bacon (R)
District 22John Patrick Carney (D)
District 23Cheryl Grossman (R)
District 24Ted Celeste (D)
District 25Dan Stewart (D)
District 26Tracy Maxwell Heard (D)
District 27W. Carlton Weddington (D)
District 28Connie Pillich (D)
District 29Louis W. Blessing, Jr. (R)
District 30Robert Mecklenborg (R)
District 31Denise Driehaus (D)
District 32Dale Mallory (D)
District 33Tyrone K. Yates (D)
District 34Peter Stautberg (R)
District 35Ron Maag (R) / District 36Seth Morgan (R)
District 37Peggy Lehner (R)
District 38Terry Blair (R)
District 39Clayton R. Luckie (D)
District 40Roland Winburn (D)
District 41Brian G. Williams (D)
District 42Mike Morgan (D)
District 43Stephen Dyer (D)
District 44Vernon Sykes (D)
District 45John R. Otterman (D)
District 46Barbara R. Sears (R)
District 47Peter S. Ujvagi (D)
District 48Edna Brown (D)
District 49Matt Szollosi (D)
District 50Todd Snitchler (R)
District 51W. Scott Oelslager (R)
District 52Stephen Slesnick (D)
District 53Timothy Derickson (R)
District 54Courtney Eric Combs (R)
District 55William P. Coley, II (R)
District 56Joseph Koziura (D)
District 57Matt Lundy (D)
District 58Terry Boose (R)
District 59Ronald Y. Gerberry (D)
District 60Robert F. Hagan (D)
District 61Mark D. Okey (D)
District 62Lorraine M. Fende (D)
District 63Mark A. Schneider (D)
District 64Tom Letson (D)
District 65Sandra Stabile Harwood (D)
District 66Joe Uecker (R)
District 67Peter Beck (R)
District 68Kathleen Chandler (D)
District 69William G. Batchelder (R)
District 70 Jarrod Martin (R)
District 71Jay Hottinger (R)
District 72Ross McGregor (R)
District 73Jay P. Goyal (D)
District 74Bruce W. Goodwin (R)
District 75Lynn R. Wachtmann (R)
District 76Cliff Hite (R)
District 77James J. Zehringer (R)
District 78John Adams (R)
District 79Richard Adams (R)
District 80Dennis Murray (D)
District 81Jeff Wagner (R)
District 82Jeffrey McClain (R)
District 83Dave Burke (R)
District 84Robert Hackett (R)
District 85Raymond Pryor (D)
District 86David T. Daniels (R)
District 87Clyde Evans (R)
District 88Danny R. Bubp (R)
District 89T. Todd Book (D)
District 90Margaret Ruhl (R)
District 91Dan Dodd (D)
District 92Debbie Phillips (D)
District 93Jennifer Garrison (D)
District 94Troy Balderson (R)
District 95John Domenick (D)
District 96Allan R. Sayre (D)
District 97Dave Hall (R)
District 98Matthew J. Dolan (R)
District 99Deborah Newcomb (D)
CANDIDATES
U.S. Senate (Ohio)
Incumbent: George Voinovich (R) - Retiring 2010
CANDIDATE / CONTACT INFORMATION / COMMENTSJason Howard (R) / 5580 Summersweet Drive
Clayton, Ohio 45315
Rob Portman (R) / Portman for Senate
P.O. Box 39
Terrace Park, Ohio 45174
E-Mail:
Web site: / Attorney with the Cleveland law firm of Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey; owner of Golden Lamb Inn, Lebanon, Ohio; elected to Congress in 1993 and served for 12 years; served as White House Associate Counsel and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs in first Bush administration; focuses on results; seeks welfare reform; served one year as U.S. Trade Representative
Jennifer Brunner (D) / 35 North 4th Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614-255-4255
FAX: 614-448-4327
E-Mail:
Web site: / Current Ohio Secretary of State; jobs are #1 issue; must renew Ohio cities and will address climate change
Lee Fisher (D) / Web site: / Current Ohio Lt. Governor; earned master's degree in nonprofit organization from Case Western Reserve University; attorney; former state representative and Ohio Attorney General
Warren Brown (I) / Current Sandusky County Administrator; former Sandusky County Clerk of Courts
Eric Deaton (I) / Committee to Elect Eric Deaton to U.S. Senate
c/o Dianna Anderson Deaton, Treasurer
1387 Crawford Road
New Lebanon, Ohio 45345
Telephone: 937-751-6670
Web site: / Will offer common sense problem-solving skills to navigate through these perilous times
Eric LaMont Gregory (I) / Web site: / Master's Degree from Oxford University (1988)
Stephen Lahanas (I) / (See posts on / Will institute campaign and lobbying reform; election reform; jobs are first; energy independence
Dave Myers (I) / David L. Myers
Bolivar, Ohio 44612
Telephone: 330-987-4062
E-Mail:
Web site: / Will ask you how you want him to vote and will vote that way; wants to be your elected servant
Adam Shaffer (I) / Adam Shaffer for Senate Committee
P.O. Box 791
Massillon, Ohio 44648-0791
Web site: / Encourages citizen involvement; currently employed by the Timken Company of Canton, Ohio
Jeremy Swartz (I) / The Campaign to Elect Jeremy Swartz for Senate
4744 Navarre Avenue, Apt. 11
Oregon, Ohio
Telephone: 419-217-0783
E-Mail:
Web site: / Issues: accountability, reduce spending, job creation, restore government trust and renewed freedom
U.S. House of Representatives
(District 5)
Incumbent: Bob Latta (R)
CANDIDATE / CONTACT INFORMATION / COMMENTSBob Latta (R) / Web site: / Resides in Bowling Green; currently serving second term in U.S. House of Representatives after being re-elected in 2008; conservative; active in community
STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
CANDIDATE / CONTACT INFORMATION / COMMENTSGovernor & Lieutenant Governor(Incumbent: Ted Strickland (D) Lee Fisher (D))
John Kasich (R - Governor)
Mary Taylor (R - Lt. Governor) / Web site: / Kasich: Ohio Senate and U.S. House of Representatives (1982) for 9 terms; left politics in 2001 and worked for Lehman Brothers; first focus will be to balance the budget and reduce the cost of government in Ohio; advocate for personal responsibility; 2-time New York Times best selling author; seeks to reduce the size of the state government and return to values; plan for Ohio is conservative and daring
Taylor: CPA, current Ohio Auditor; bachelor's degree in accounting and master's degree in taxation from University of Akron
Ted Strickland (D - Governor)
Yvette McGee Brown (D - Lt. Governor) / Strickland for Governor
65 East State Street, Suite 1800
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Web site: / Strickland - Current Ohio Governor; ordained Methodist minister; psychologist; college professor; member of Congress (1992)
Ohio Secretary of State (Incumbent: Jennifer Brunner (D))
John Husted (R) / Web site: / First elected to the Ohio legislature in 2000; will fight for less government; lower spending and taxes; will work for Ohio's economic transformation and revitalization; will generate new jobs
Sandy O'Brien (R) / Web site: / Seeks to regain trust in the voting process
Candice Hoke (D) / (See Facebook) / Will seek election fairness for all Ohioans
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D) / Web site: / Current Clerk of Franklin County Court of Common Pleas; seeks free, open and fair elections and advocates greater participation and civic awareness
Ohio Attorney General (Incumbent: Richard Cordray (D))
Steve Christopher (R) / Web site:
/ Attorney in Kenton, Ohio and Findlay, Ohio; founding member of the Hardin County Tea Party; Township Trustee in Hardin County; former Hardin County Common Pleas Court judge; conservative; pro-life; volunteer attorney with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLU), Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel
Mike DeWine (R) / Web site: / Top priority is fighting crime; will create jobs through a business-friendly environment; will fight corruption regardless of politics
Richard Cordray (D) / 340 East Fulton Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614-227-3330
E-Mail:
Web site: / Former Ohio Treasurer; former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron Wright and Anthony Kennedy; the bedrock of his beliefs is the intersection of public service and education
Ohio Treasurer (Incumbent: Kevin Boyce (D))
Josh Mandel (R) / Citizens for Josh Mandel
2112 Acacia Park Drive
Suite 504
Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124
Telephone: 216-621-5418
E-Mail:
Web site: / U.S. Marine; fiscal conservative; will institute common sense reforms; will bring new energy and fresh ideas to state government
Kevin Boyce (D) / Web site: / Will protect tax dollars, create jobs and build wealth while promoting financial education
Ohio Auditor (Incumbent: Mary Taylor (R ))
Seth Morgan (R) / Web site: / CPA; current President of MLA Management Systems, Inc.; accountability; transparency; efficiency
Dave Yost (R) / c/o The Ohio Republican Party
211 South Fifth Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614-456-1231
Web site: / Prosecuting attorney for Delaware County; private practice 1993-1999
David Pepper (D) / Citizens for Pepper
407 Vine Street, PMB 185
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Telephone: 513-305-0576
E-Mail:
Web site: / Former Cincinnati city counsel member and Hamilton County Commissioner; seeks to add fiscally prudent policies and formers to assure responsibility and accountability while eliminating waste and reducing overall spending
Ohio Senate (District 26 - Incumbent: Karen Gillmor (R))
Ohio House (District 81 - Incumbent: Jeff Wagner (R))
Rex Damschroder (R) / Telephone: 419-355-1020
Website
E-mail:
/ BG Grad - Masters in Business Admin. Ohio House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003; main thrust is financial responsibility Pro Life, Pro NRA, Self Employed, Watch Dog of the Treasury winner and highest rating of 132 legislators during tenure
Merrill (Sam) Keiser, Jr. (R) / 317 North Granville Blvd.
Fremont, Ohio 43420
Holly Stacy (R) / Telephone: 418-483-3102
E-Mail:
Web site:
Text: STACY81 to 50500 / Current President/CEO of Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce; President of Old Fort Board of Education; will seek fiscal responsibility; pro-life; conservative
Benjamin Nutter (D) / Seneca County Commissioner; Captain of Tiffin Fire Division
Sandusky County Commissioner (Incumbent: John Rettig (R))
John Rettig (R) / Fremont business man; Board of Directors, Sandusky County Board of Elections 1998 - Present
JUDICIAL SEATS
CANDIDATE / CONTACT INFORMATION / COMMENTSChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio(Incumbent: Thomas J. Moyer (R) - Term ends 12/31/10)
Maureen O'Connor (R) / Web site:
com / Elected in 2002 to serve as Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio; will independently apply the law to facts of each case
Eric Brown (D)
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Judith Lanzinger (R - Current term ends 12/31/10) / Web site: / Only person in Ohio history ever elected as judge at every court level
ISSUES