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Dem candidate Bob Belovich’s website for run at Ohio House 17th live; JoshMandel.com “under construction”


Robert S. Belovich is the Democratic candidate for the Ohio House 17th district seat. Republican Josh Mandel won that seat in 2006.

Belovich’s website has gone live and you can view it here at Bobbelovich.com. It looks very nice right now and I hope he works (or has other working) to keep it current – that’s one of the top things locals need to do on their sites. That, and raise money with them, I would think.

His first news item is this:

Bob outpaced the Republican incumbent in the March 4 primary. According to the unofficial tally of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 15305 voters cast their ballots for Bob Belovich, while the Republican incumbent received 8695 votes cast.

Mandel’s campaign website indicates that it is “under construction.”

As I’ve written before, Mandel’s staff who have been taking care of business since August 2007, when he volunteered to return to Iraq, have been very good in following up with me whenever I’ve had questions. This is particularly true when it comes to the Wireless 911 issue.

However, as good as this communication has been, Mandel has voted very infrequently with the way I would like my house district representative to vote, and for that reason, I look forward to learning more about the Democratic candidate, Belovich.

If you live in the 17th, I hope you will check out the candidates and comment on this race. I would love to see a debate between the candidates, for example.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:08 pm March 8th, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Campaigning, Elections, OH17, Ohio, Politics, Statehouse, Voting 

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9 Responses to “Dem candidate Bob Belovich’s website for run at Ohio House 17th live; JoshMandel.com “under construction””

  1. 1 Brian on March 8th, 2008 12:15 pm

    I imagine Internet connections in Iraq are pretty spotty.

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on March 8th, 2008 12:19 pm

    Brian – don’t be cheeky – with all the money Josh has pulled in, I’m quite certain he didn’t do it himself the first time either.

  3. 3 Brian on March 8th, 2008 2:57 pm

    The point is he’s a little preoccupied.

    He’ll win in a rout like did last time in 2006 as a non-incumbent, mind you.

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on March 9th, 2008 12:11 am

    Brian – just out of curiosity, he will win in a rout because…why, exactly? What do you believe are the things he’s done in the 126th Ohio GA that support re-election – this isn’t a trick question – I’ve already commended him, numerous times, on his office’s responsiveness.

    What else?

  5. 5 Joe Amschlinger on March 9th, 2008 12:32 am

    Of course Belovich got more votes than Mandel. There was a highly contested Dem presidential race (in case anyone missed it). There was no compelling reason for R’s to come out to the polls. I just hope that is not the case in November. Looks like Belovich wants to truly be a politician putting spin on meaningless data.

  6. 6 Greg Helms on March 9th, 2008 9:25 am

    Agreed, Joe. Granted, it was by a smaller margin, but Roger Goudy also had more votes in his unopposed primary than Mandel in 2006.

  7. 7 Jill Miller Zimon on March 9th, 2008 9:55 am

    You fellas realize how many unaffiliated there are in this district, right? And how they are trending this year, right?

  8. 8 Greg Helms on April 11th, 2008 12:49 pm

    Given that Belovich had 15,000 plus votes in the primary, one would think that he could find more than just one resident of the 17th District, who’s not related to him to donate to him between February 13 and April 4 (per his post-primary finance report the only contributors from the 17th were Robert Belovich of Solon, presumably his father; David Repko, an in-law; and Caryn Groedel).

    I think this is much more illustrative of the uphill battle he faces than just looking at the raw number of votes he got in the primary.

  9. 9 Greg Helms on April 11th, 2008 2:56 pm

    Also, somewhat related, I wonder what’s happening with the 24th Senate District. Patton’s opponent raised $435 during this period, but she also returned all those contributions to their respective donors. Does that mean she’s going to be withdrawing and the Dems have her replacement?

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