Ney formally withdraws

Cleveland.com is reporting that Bob Ney has officially filed the paperwork to withdraw from the race.   This will trigger the state rules calling for a special primary in mid september.  The Tuscarawas Board of Elections will make that determination by tomorrow morning.

Padgett has already been cleared to run in the special primary.  I point this out as the sloppy reporting in the article states only that there had been questions about whether she could run.

So good bye to a few million of Ohio taxpayers money.  Hello special Republican advertising season.   Lets just hope they knock the snot out of each other.

The likely additional candidates would be State Sen. Jay Hottinger who introduced the DOMA legislation in Ohio. and James Broadbelt Harris