We just passed the filing deadline here in Ohio so we have a view of things to come for 2006.
In OH-16, there are three Democrats going up for the primary.
Jeff Seeman
Tom Mason
Thomas Shaw
Ralph Regula faces a primary challenger, Matt Miller. That should amount to a non-issue for Ralph, an incumbent who has been in office for well past three decades.
Jeff ran in 04, as most of you probably are sick of hearing. I don't know anything about Mason or Shaw, however. I doubt any of them will be getting any real support from the official county folks, and probably won't be able to really stand up to the Regula machine. But that's the pessimistic me speaking. Hopefully I'm wrong and someone can muster a good campaign and really take the 16th over.
Time will tell.
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