Republicans warn Caleb Stidham may hand Ohio House seat to Democrats
GOP consultant Jon Paul Morrow says Stidham should have abstained, as LaRose weighs a deadlocked county board tie by an Aug. 28 deadline.
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Caleb Stidham nomination in jeopardy after elections board deadlocks 2-2 on certification
Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican running for auditor on the same ballot, must now break the tie by Aug. 28 under state law.
Ohio GOP insiders hand House nomination to Erie County party chairman as conservatives erupt
Stidham was one of six committee members entitled to vote on his own nomination, and Huffman and Reineke had already been working to secure it for him.
GOP civil war brews in House District 89 as Statehouse leaders push insider candidate
Erie GOP chair Caleb Stidham is applying for the seat he'll help decide, while Statehouse leaders Huffman and Reineke quietly back him, a source tells TiffinOhio.net.