Ohio: 2008 Election

Democrats carried three U.S. House seats in Ohio this year by riding an avalanche of cash from their congressional committee. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent three times as much on the races than its Republican counterpart, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

The DCCC spent $6.02 million on the 1st, 15th, and 16th Congressional District races from July 1 to Election Day. Meanwhile, the National Republican Campaign Committee spent about $2 million across the 1st and 15th districts only.

State Sen. John Carey (R-Wellston) is taking on election security and his argument to eliminate the election "Golden Week" in his weekly column. 

Carey used his column to talk up Senate Bill 380 - Republican-sponsored legislation that seeks to end the 5-day overlap that allowed Ohioans to both register and vote on the same day during the 2008 Election. The bill would also allow for bipartisan observers at early voting locations.

The Ohio Republican Party went after Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Tuesday by accusing her of now supporting positions that she opposed during the campaign season.

The GOP is saying that Brunner has changed positions on the so-called "Golden Week" - a weeklong period of overlap of voter registration and early voting that allows just-registered voters to vote the same day as registering.

Continuing a criticism lobbed during the campaign season, the National Republican Congressional Committee is criticizing U.S. Rep. Zack Space (D-Dover), as well as Congressmen-elects Steve Driehaus (D-Price Hill) and John Boccieri (D-Alliance), for their campaign connections to embattled U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.). 

The NRCC issued the criticism of the two, who have yet to take office, after the Washington Post penned an editorial saying that Rangel should step down from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee.