Jan. 23, 2011, Newark Advocate
BY JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com
Zack Space was undecided on a monumental piece of legislation, and everyone wanted his ear.
On March 19, he rang up some constituents. He was voting against the health care bill. His decision was final.
His cell phone rang 10 minutes later. Space, who had just started his fourth year at the Capitol, had to tell President Barack Obama no, he did not support the bill coming up for a final vote.
Next, Space called his priest.
It’s hard to be a centrist in Washington.
Space was elected to the U.S. House in the 2006 wave that brought Democrats to power in Congress. In November, he was cast out when the tides reversed. U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, beat him by 13 percentage points. Space even lost his hometown of Dover by 83 votes.
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