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POSTED: 7:53 am EDT May 8, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Much was made of Republican Kenneth Blackwell’s victory in the GOP primary for governor last week, and of what it might mean for the party’s future with blacks.
Much less was made of the fate of another black Republican in Ohio, state Treasurer Jennette Bradley, who defied assumptions about the power of incumbency when she lost her primary to a virtual unknown, Ashtabula County Auditor Sandra O’Brien.
Just as swiftly as Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman touted Blackwell’s “historic” victory and welcomed more blacks into the party of Lincoln, Ohio Democrats leaped on Bradley’s defeat to call the GOP’s commitment to blacks into question.
In reality, the Ohio Republican Party didn’t do much to help either Bradley or Blackwell. And it may have been Blackwell himself who did more to hurt Bradley’s campaign than anyone else.
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Future For Blacks In Republican Party After Blackwell’s Win?
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