Mar. 1, 2012, Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum
By Jessica Alaimo
CentralOhio.com
Residents in certain state Senate districts are getting phone calls, mailers and visits from people seeking a seat on the Republican Party’s State Central Committee.
It’s an oft-overlooked part of the primary ballot. On the 2008 ballot, 37 percent of GOP primary voters left the field blank. In 2010, 28 percent of voters didn’t bother making a choice.
But this year some GOP State Central Committee races are generating a lot of heat, thanks to a spat between Republican Gov. John Kasich and Ohio GOP chairman Kevin DeWine.
DeWine said in December that Kasich asked him to resign after he became governor. DeWine refused.
Kasich then started recruiting candidates to challenge sitting committee members, DeWine told Ohio News Network. The committee selects the party chairman.
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