Some information about Westerville, the Columbus suburb hosting tonight's debate:
-It embodies the Democrats' strategy of courting affluent suburbs.
-Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich lives there.
-Median household income is over $86k.
-86% white; 8% Black.
census.gov/quickfacts/wes…
-It embodies the Democrats' strategy of courting affluent suburbs.
-Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich lives there.
-Median household income is over $86k.
-86% white; 8% Black.
census.gov/quickfacts/wes…
Democrats nearly flipped Ohio's 12th in an Aug. 2018 special election (the midterm margin was much wider).
I took a look at the race and the Dem candidacy of Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor: huffpost.com/entry/democrat…
I took a look at the race and the Dem candidacy of Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor: huffpost.com/entry/democrat…
The district, which includes Westerville, would likely be in Democratic hands were the seat not gerrymandered to include rural Zanesville way further East.
Rep. Troy Balderson (R), who ultimately won, is from there.
Rep. Troy Balderson (R), who ultimately won, is from there.
Now if they had done the debate in Mansfield, an industrial town in the district and where Sherrod Brown grew up, Democrats could have framed it as an effort to reach Black voters and white union members alike. Alas.
