Ohio Election

By: Lowell
Published On: 8/2/2005 1:00:00 AM

For live election results from the Paul Hackett (D) vs. Jean Schmidt (R) contest in Ohio's 2nd district, click here or here.  Polls close at 7:30 PM, and this one could very well be close.  For those of you who haven't been following this race, Hackett is trying to become the first Iraq war combat veteran elected to Congress.  He and his opponent, Jean Schmidt, are vying to replace Rep. Rob Portman, whose heavily Republican district (President Bush won 64% of the vote in November) opened up when Bush appointed him U.S. trade representative back in March. 

As one Ohio blog puts it:

However this turns out today,  Hackett's campaign has given 2006 Democrats an effective blueprint--anti-war,  anti-corruption,  anti-stupid;  pro individual freedom,  pro shared responsibility,  pro smart, strong defense;  and maybe most important,  strong netroots support  ( the DCCC didn't even know this race was going on until the blogs got excited about it ) .  If Hackett comes within five points of Schmidt,  it's a proven blueprint.  If he wins in the OH-2,  it's the Holy Grail.

Sounds like a winning platform to me.  Go Paul!

[UPDATE 8:51 PM 
PAUL HACKETT  13,512  51%
JEAN SCHMIDT  12,802  49%
175 of 753 precincts reporting]

[UPDATE 9:13 PM 
PAUL HACKETT  23,957  51%
JEAN SCHMIDT  22,846  49%
305 of 753 precincts reporting]

[UPDATE 9:31 PM 
JEAN SCHMIDT  45,134  52% 
PAUL HACKETT  42,342  48%
580 precincts of 753 reporting]

[UPDATE Final 
JEAN SCHMIDT  57,974  52% 
PAUL HACKETT  54,501  48%
753 precincts of 753 reporting]


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