Leading Ney replacement may be ineligible

Ohio Culture of Corruption

Best laid plans of mice and men...   Lets have a nice effort to make sure that Zack Space gets a nod at helping Ohio clean itself of the stench from the republican party...   - fc

Leading Ney replacement may be ineligible



Ohio law may complicate GOP plans in choosing party's nominee


Updated: 1:58 p.m. ET Aug 8, 2006



NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - The leading Republican candidate to replace scandal-scarred Rep. Bob Ney on the November ballot may be ineligible to run, party officials said Tuesday, complicating GOP efforts to assure a smooth transition for the fall campaign.



State Sen. Joy Padgett was a losing contender for lieutenant governor in Ohio's Republican primary earlier this year, and a state law bars politicians who lose one primary from entering another one during the same year.



One Republican strategist, speaking on condition of anonymity, said lawyers had concluded Padgett was likely covered by the law and thus would not be eligible to run.



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