If you scroll down on the Senate Races tab for Ohio, it also lists a hypothetical Hackett vs. McEwen matchup.
Interestingly, Bob Mcewen is polling 5 points better than DeWine STATEWIDE, and he's never, at least to my recollection, run any state wide race before...
So there is a 5 point conservative swing when McEwen is substituted for DeWine. I wonder what it would be like if more people from up north knew more about McEwen?
Not that I'm advocating a McEwen challenge against DeWine. The national and state GOP were pretty quick to get behind DeWine yesterday, and even if McEwen beat DeWine in the primary, he'd have a very tough battle statewide.
Either way, it doesn't look good for the RINO DeWino.
Just FYI, I live in District 2 and had the chance to speak with McEwen at a campaign event. I asked him point blank about the check issue and here is what he said:
1) The FBI did a complete investigation and he (along with now-Senator Mike DeWine) received a letter of exhoneration from them.
2) The reason he bounced the checks is because he travelled to his district on a weekly basis. His practice was to write a check to get some cash for travel, and settle up upon his return to DC.
3) He admits it was a mistake to be careless regarding his balance, but when all was said and done, everything checked out and his account was balanced.
4) He said he understood why some would never vote for him because of this issue. He says he believes he handled it poorly during the campaign in the early 1990's by ignoring it and not explaining it, and if it comes up again in this race, he said he would be happy to face it head on this time and "take his lumps."
There you have it, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. So now, the question becomes, who do you vote for?
Everyone I speak with that knows McEwen says he is the genuine article - he is a tried and true conservative. While Brinkman may hold very similar views, I have heard through a contact that he has all but admitted that he can't win this race.
I'm told he is only running so that he can help split the vote in favor of DeWine, thus opening DeWine's Commissioner seat so Brinkman can slip in there when he is term-limited out.
That, in my opinion, would be the wrong move for the people of this district and I hope Brinkman does the honorable thing and pulls out of the race.