DENVER - Ohio Democratic Party chair Chris Redfern spoke to PolitickerOH.com about the Democratic effort to take over control of the Ohio House of Representatives by picking up four plus seats this November. Redfern spoke during the Ohio House Democratic caucus reception at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library.

"The generic track, which means the Democrat versus the Republican in any given, shows an advantage of, on average, 15 points," Redfern said. "Now, there's a big leap between generic track and a named candidate, and what we may believe in. So our job over the next five weeks is to define our opposition and ourselves, and contrast ourselves from what the Republicans have provided over the course of the last 16 years."

Redfern compared the combined 16 years of former Governors George Voinovich and Bob Taft in office to the two years of Gov. Ted Strickland's administration.

"As you know, the Democrats carry the agenda of Ted Strickland," he said. "The Republicans supported massive tax increases during their years of power in the Governor's office. [If] we talk about those things and we put it at a human level we'll be productive. And we will pick up, on average, five to six pickups - a one seat majority - which is very thin. But many people don't realize, or don't know, the lines were drawn by Republicans. And [for Democrats] to win with Republican-drawn lines really speaks to the tenacity of Joyce Beatty and the team she's put together. The state party will invest resources that I believe will more than double what the Republican Party will invest in their house caucus, because there's a sense of urgency now."

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