Ohio: President

[img_assist|nid=156|title=U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|url=undefined|align=left|width=420|height=280]U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) tells PolitickerOH.com that Barack Obama’s loss in the Ohio Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton does not mean that he’ll lose the state in November. Democrats voted for Clinton as their No. 1 choice and Obama as their No. 2, and come Election Day they’ll vote for their second choice before voting for their third choice in John McCain, Clyburn said.

John McCain's campaign released its newest ad that will begin in Ohio tomorrow. It's McCain's second ad in Ohio since the primary.

Ohio Democratic Party chair Chris Redfern, an uncommitted superdelegate, has endorsed Barack Obama for president.

"Thanks to the steady leadership of Governor Strickland, the Ohio Democratic Party is organized, energized and strong.  As we unify behind Barack Obama, there is no doubt in my mind that his message of change will carry the Buckeye State in November," Redfern said in a statement.

With Sen. Barack Obama on the verge of securing the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Rep. Zack Space (D-Dover) has yet to announce which way he will cast his vote as a superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention.

Space is currently driving to Ohio from Washington, D.C., and his press secretary, Matt Thorton, said that Space hasn't shared his thoughts on an endorsement.

Thorton said, "He's keeping it close to the vest," but there's no "indication that it's going to happen in the immediate future."