Mar. 8, 2012, Marion Star
By Jessica Alaimo
CentralOhio.com
Even though there were 120 names on ballots Tuesday across the state, the Republican Party’s state central committee races were about only two men — Gov. John Kasich and state party chairman Kevin DeWine.
In that contest, we still don’t know who won, and we won’t for quite some time.
The intra-party dispute goes back to when Kasich first took office and asked DeWine to resign, DeWine told the Ohio News Network in December. When DeWine refused, Kasich backed his own slate of candidates to run for state central committee.
The 66-member committee wields a lot of power within the party. They decide which candidates to endorse, and how to spend party resources. They also pick the state chairman.
Kasich wanted candidates who would support DeWine’s ouster. As of Wednesday afternoon, however, spokesmen for DeWine and Kasich wouldn’t say which candidates were on their respective sides they both declared victory.
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