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On March 6, Knox County Democrats will have a choice to make in one primary election, while two other nominations will be uncontested.
Candidates for state representative in the 68th district are Knox County residents John Ryerson and Bradley Schaaf. Ryerson, of Gambier, is an attorney and member of the Knox County Democratic Party Executive Committee. [...]
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Quick: In which U.S. House district will Knox County be next year? Don’t know? Don’t worry–nobody else does, either.
The source of this confusion? It’s simple: Kasich and his Republican allies overreached by pushing a gerrymandered Congressional map through the statehouse and were unprepared for the backlash.
Even though Ohio has long been a 50-50 state, the [...]
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Despite Knox County’s traditional voting patterns–a two-to-one proclivity for voting Republican–citizens turned out to vote Issue 2 down this week. According to the unofficial results released by the Knox Co. Board of Elections, the referendum, which would have approved Senate Bill 5, was defeated 54% to 46%. Statewide, Ohioans voted to repeal the legislation 61% [...]
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[ November 8, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Celebrate Democratic and Issue victories with the Knox County Democratic Party, candidates for office, and friends on Election Night. We’ll gather in the bar at the Parkside Restaurant & Tavern, 108 Mount Vernon Ave., Mount Vernon, beginning at 7pm. No cover charge; bar and restaurant menu available.
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Jay Maners likes to tell people he didn’t choose to run for mayor of Mount Vernon; rather, he was “Shanghaied” into running by the local Republican Party. As his story goes, he was invited to a meeting at a local fast food restaurant to help convince some other, unnamed Republican to challenge incumbent Mayor Richard Mavis. Yet, lo and [...]
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