Ohio Special Primary

State Senator Joy Padgett (R) has cruised to victory in today's Special Primary to fill Congressman Bob Ney's place on the November ballot for Ohio's 18th Congressional District. There are still about 1/3 of the precincts left to be counted, but Padgett is running in the 60% range, so she'll be fine.

Tomorrow, Ohio voters in the 3rd Congressional District will select a replacement for the previously nominated Democratic challenger to Congressman Mike Turner, who was Stephanie Breslin Studebaker. Studebaker withdrew from the race after winning the primary in May. The two competitors in this race are John Chema and Charles Sanders, and Chema has an edge in money, so I'll predict victory for him.