Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print ADVERTISEMENT THE DEMOCRATIC nominee for governor, Richard Cordray, has upped his game in the last two weeks with a flurry of issue attacks on the Republican nominee. Whether Mr. Cordray has created the kind of momentum that could carry him through to victory on Nov. 6 over Republican Mike DeWine isn’t indicated by polling so far. The key event that has changed the intensity of the campaign was the debate last week at the University of Dayton. Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray has upped his game following last week’s debate, but will it be enough to bring a blue wave to Ohio? Associated Press Enlarge In that debate, and since then, Mr. Cordray has moved away from the lovable nerd image he has created, mostly in social media, and has gone after Mr. DeWine with more targeted attacks. Those are over Mr. DeWine’s record in fighting the opioid epidemic, and whether he has gone too … [Read more...] about Tom Troy: New Richard Cordray making Ohio’s governors race close
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New Richard Cordray making Ohio’s governors race close
Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print ADVERTISEMENT THE DEMOCRATIC nominee for governor, Richard Cordray, has upped his game in the last two weeks with a flurry of issue attacks on the Republican nominee. Whether Mr. Cordray has created the kind of momentum that could carry him through to victory on Nov. 6 over Republican Mike DeWine isn’t indicated by polling so far. The key event that has changed the intensity of the campaign was the debate last week at the University of Dayton. Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray has upped his game following last week’s debate, but will it be enough to bring a blue wave to Ohio? Associated Press Enlarge In that debate, and since then, Mr. Cordray has moved away from the lovable nerd image he has created, mostly in social media, and has gone after Mr. DeWine with more targeted attacks. Those are over Mr. DeWine’s record in fighting the opioid epidemic, and whether he has gone too … [Read more...] about New Richard Cordray making Ohio’s governors race close
Ohio governor debate: Mike DeWine, Richard Cordray face off in first debate
Ohio gubernatorial candidates Mike DeWine and Richard Cordray face off in their first debate Wednesday. The two candidates will face off at the University of Dayton starting at 7:00 p.m. ET. This is not the first time the two have been opponents in an election – Republican DeWine ousted incumbent Democrat Cordray to become the Ohio attorney general in 2010. Cordray later became the leader of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Ohio governor race is seen as a proxy battle between the Trumpian faction of the Republican Party and the centrist, Obama-influenced Democratic politics. President Trump has endorsed and appeared at a rally for DeWine, while former President Barack Obama has done the same for Cordray. Ohio Governor Polls A poll released Tuesday by Baldwin Wallace University found DeWine five points ahead of Cordray, with 42 percent to Cordray's 37 percent support among likely voters. Important issues in the race include the economy, health care, and gun … [Read more...] about Ohio governor debate: Mike DeWine, Richard Cordray face off in first debate
Obama visits Ohio to stump for Democratic candidate for governor Richard Cordray
Former President Barack Obama is visiting closely divided Ohio to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray and other Democrats. Cordray, the former federal consumer watchdog, faces Republican state Attorney General Mike DeWine in one of the season's most anticipated governor's races. President Trump visited Ohio in August to campaign speak at a rally for DeWine. Republican Gov. John Kasich is term-limited, and Democrats, who are currently out of power at every level of Ohio government, hope to win the governorship. Also appearing with Obama at the Cleveland rally Thursday will be U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, who faces a challenge from Republican Jim Renacci, a congressman from Wadsworth. The appearance is part of a swing across the country by Obama to boost Democrats' efforts to win House seats and state elections. Obama kicked off his midterm campaigning earlier this month with a speech at University of Illinois at Urbana Champlain. In this speech, he urged people to become … [Read more...] about Obama visits Ohio to stump for Democratic candidate for governor Richard Cordray
Firm worked for Richard Cordray’s agency, then campaign
An advertising and media firm to which Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray's agency gave government work while he was a federal official now is doing political work for him. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show Washington-based GMMB recently has been making Ohio ad buys for Democrat Cordray's gubernatorial campaign against Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine. The two are locked in a high-profile fight for the office Republican Gov. John Kasich vacates in January due to term limits. GMMB's political work for Cordray, a Democrat who is a former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, follows Republican criticism that the bureau's decision to hire the firm under Cordray's watch was politically motivated. GMMB was the lead advertising agency for the successful presidential bids of Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. The Democratic former president is scheduled to campaign for Cordray in Cleveland on Thursday. "The whole thing is peculiar," said Matthew … [Read more...] about Firm worked for Richard Cordray’s agency, then campaign