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11

Mandel suggested for Voinovich’s seat


Just the messenger – this is an excerpt from a letter to the editors at the Plain Dealer, posted on their blog. I don’t know if it’s in the print version.

The recent announcement that George Voinovich will retire from the Senate has many Republicans wondering who should run to succeed him. Sen. Voinovich is a moderate, voting with Republican leadership 75.3 percent of the time. So the nominee should probably be a moderate. And despite Rob Portman announcing his candidacy, he lives in Cincinnati. Southern Ohio has traditionally voted Republican, so it would help if the nominee were from Northern or Central Ohio.

It is important for Republicans to keep this seat in order to keep balance in the Senate. The best candidates to make sure this happens are Deborah Pryce, Josh Mandel and Steve LaTourette.

What makes Mandel qualified?

Josh Mandel is a young Republican who has served in the Marine Corps and graduated first in his class from Marine Corps Intelligence School. He served two tours in Iraq and was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal for “superior performance of his duties.” On top of Mandel’s military service to this country, he brings a r sum of public service. He worked hard to bring tax relief to the people he served while he was a Lyndhurst city councilman. He currently is an Ohio state representative and serves the 17th District, which is only 17 percent Republican. On top of that, he won 71.64 percent of the popular vote last election in this Democratic district. If elected he would be, at 32, the youngest senator in Ohio history.

It appears to have been written by a Benedictine high school student who was the youngest volunteer for the McCain-Palin team’s appearance in Chagrin last fall.  But given that I might have the wrong Matt Wagner, it really would be inappropriate to do more than let readers take it in for themselves.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:12 am February 11th, 2009 in Congress, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Politics, Voting, senate 

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