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House Key Race: Ohio's 18th District
November 7, 2006
Space Wins Seat Vacated by Ney, Defeating Padgett
 Democrat
Zack Space beat Republican Joy Padgett in the race to replace Republican Rep.
Bob Ney, who resigned in August over corruption charges and connections to former
GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ohio's 18th District seat was considered safe for
Republicans until Ney's fall from grace.
-- Online
NewsHour October 10, 2006
Foley
E-mail Scandal Boosts Democrat in Ohio House Race
Reverberations
of the e-mail scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., can be felt as
far as Ohio's 18th District contest, where Republican state Sen. Joy Padgett is
running against Democrat Zack Space.
The latest Reuters/Zogby International
poll -- conducted from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2 -- put Space ahead of Padgett by 45
percent to 36 percent.
-- Online NewsHour
September 15, 2006
Congressman
Ney Pleads Guilty; Padgett to Run in His Spot
After months
of denying any wrongdoing, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, agreed Friday to plead guilty
for his role in the federal corruption investigation into disgraced lobbyist Jack
Abramoff.
Joy Padgett, an Ohio state senator, easily won a special primary
held on Thursday to replace Ney on the November ballot.
--
Online NewsHour
August 7, 2006
Amid
Corruption Probe, Ohio's Bob Ney Drops Out of Race
Dogged
by a federal corruption investigation, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, announced Monday
he was abandoning his re-election campaign for his family's sake. Ohio state
Republican Sen. Joy Padgett said she has been asked to run in his place and plans
to do so.
-- Online NewsHour
August
1, 2006
Corruption,
Ethics Taint Ney's Reelection Bid
Corruption and ethics are
key words in Ohio's 18th District, where the specter of a Washington scandal threatens
to unseat Rep. Bob Ney, a six-term Republican incumbent who faces a tough challenge
from a Democrat Zack Space, the law director in the town of Dover.
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Online NewsHour |
