Steve Kraus challenges Caleb Stidham to public debate in Ohio House District 89 race
LaRose certified Stidham the same day Kraus's debate challenge went public, and Kraus now faces an Aug. 24 deadline to qualify his write-in bid.
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LaRose certifies Caleb Stidham for Ohio House District 89 ballot after Erie County board deadlock
LaRose ruled eight days before his deadline, a day before both sides' agreed filing date, and hours after headlining a GOP fundraiser in Stidham's home county.
LaRose to headline Erie GOP fundraiser while deciding whether county party chair gets on ballot
Democrats say Stidham voted for himself in a closed 4-2 committee meeting, a dispute LaRose's office was collecting final arguments on the same day as his fundraiser.
GOP civil war explodes in House District 89 as Steve Kraus launches write-in bid against Caleb Stidham
Kraus faces an Aug. 24 filing deadline that lands before LaRose rules on whether Stidham's own vote for himself taints the GOP nomination.
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.