Ohio primary 2014 state executive officials preview
May 5, 2014
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By Garrett Fortin
The 2014 Ohio primary elections are being held on May 6, 2014. There are six offices involved: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and two down ballot positions. It will be a quiet night for most of the candidates with the only action in one contested primary and four write-in candidates who will be trying to gain enough votes to get on the November ballot.
The two candidates and their running mates for the only contested primary are:
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Democratic Primary - Governor
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Below, Ballotpedia has put together a preview of those upcoming elections.
Ohio Governor
- See also: Ohio gubernatorial election, 2014
Ed Fitzgerald is the presumptive nominee since his opponent, Larry Ealy, is a perennial candidate who filed at the last minute and has not campaigned since. No polling exists on this primary race.
Write-in candidates
- See also: Ohio Gubernatorial and Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2014, Ohio secretary of state election, 2014 and Ohio down ballot state executive elections, 2014
The hurdles that third-party candidates faced to get on the primary ballot were quite high this year and no candidate managed the feat. The Libertarian candidate for governor even took his efforts to the Supreme Court to no avail. Four candidates, however, can get their names on the November ballot if they receive 500 write-in votes in the primary tomorrow. They are:
- Green Party candidate for governor: Anita Rios
- Green Party candidate for lieutenant governor: Bob Fitrakis
- Libertarian candidate for secretary of state: Kevin Knedler
- Libertarian candidate for auditor: Bob Bridges
With no candidate for governor, the Libertarian Party of Ohio cannot get enough votes in the governor race to keep its official party status and will cease to exist after this election.[4]
See also
- Ohio state executive elections (overview):
External links
Footnotes
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- ↑ The Plain Dealer, "Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald files paperwork needed to intensify gubernatorial run (video)," March 11, 2013
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "Ed FitzGerald names Sharen Neuhardt as running mate," February 6, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ohio Secretary of State, "SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED RECEIVES STATEWIDE CANDIDATE PETITIONS FOR MAY PRIMARY," February 6, 2014
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Jon Husted, "APPLICATION FOR STAY AND EMERGENCY INJUNCTION ADDRESSED TO JUSTICE KAGAN," accessed May 2, 2014
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