There is another special election today. In Ohio, Democrat Robin Weirauch is taking on Republican Robert Latta. This is also a Republican-leaning district. (Time for non-partisan redistricting, anyone?)
Right now, with just over 25% of the precincts reporting, Latta is leading 13,035 to Weirauch’s 10,605. Ohio has a great website (try clicking on the Interactive State Map on the right) but results have been slow in coming.
UPDATE @ 9:43 pm - with almost 74% reporting, Latta is ahead with 41,983 votes to Weirauch’s 32,932. Guess the Republicans retain this seat as well.
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Republicans win comfortably. However, neither of these wins can be considered big wins for the GOP. These are solidly red districts. To try to make this out to be a big victory would be like bragging about how tough you are because you stepped on a cockroach.
The amount of money Dems made them spend on OH-5 was substantial -about 1/5th of the NRCC’s cash on hand went into that retention. That expenditure makes it harder for them to attack vulnerable House Dem freshmen, which may, in turn, give us a little more flexability in terms of how many races we can spend money on next year and where, potentially creating a wider number of pickup opportunities next November.
Good points, anon.
And yes, Latta won – with almost 57% of the vote.
And Latta won every county, too.