Buckeye State Blog - Robin Weirauch Takes Another Shot At OH-5 - Comments

Re: Organize

Jerid — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:59:30 -0700

Ok ok ok...

Re:organize to win was the fine firm pushing up Weirauch.

close, but no tasty cuban cigar...

bryan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:31:00 -0700

who was the consulting firm that did such great work? 10% in 2 years. not a targeted race... no national, state, or local support...

seems like they never get the bump from bsb...

hmm...

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I had heard about this a

Paul — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:10:11 -0700

I had heard about this a while back ... you have to admire someone like Robin who is willing to put herself forward like this in a challenging district. Go Robin!

Trish Lanaghan?

Jerid — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:42:01 -0700

heh.

weirauch

bryan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:02:47 -0700

hey -- who ran her 2006 campaign and helped get that 10pt bump???

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Robin Weirauch Takes Another Shot At OH-5

Admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:30:09 -0700

H/t to a reader.

Robin Weirauch, Assistant Director for the Center for Regional Development at Bowling Green State University has decided to make another run at OH-5. In 2004 Weirauch, from Napoleon, OH, was the nominee in the 5th district against Paul Gilmoor garnering only 32.95% of the vote. Two years later she was driving her brightly colored "Weirauch for Congress" Ambulance in the district again, this time caputring 43.15% of the vote in 2006.

Yea, you read that right. In the span of two years she picked up close to 10% points.

Now she's off to a start for 2008. Currently raising funds and hiring staff, Wierauch has Paul Gilmoor in her sites again.

OH-5 is exactly the sort of district that Democrats need to campaign in to keep the GOP unstable. Long written off, any inroads, let alone a win, throws Republicans for a loop. Also, they notice the progress Dems like Wierauch are making in these "red" Districts, and they understand the serious challenges these candidates pose against their incumbents. Instead of channeling money into their top tier challenges, like OH-18, strong campaigns like Robin's force the GOP machine to defend their home turf. And you never know - with the progress that folks like Weirauch have made, and the political climate - we might just pick up an OH-5 here or there.