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I’m on the road with Sharen today - at our 6th stop on today’s cross district tour.  Sharen’s visted with supporters and voters in Pickaway, Fayette, and Greene counties and at this moment is out knocking on doors in Beavercreek making sure voters here know that there’s change coming, and that they can be a part of it.

Sharen started the morning at the annual Sheriff’s Reserve Pancake Breakfast in Circleville, dropping by the Pickaway County Democratic Headquarters to thank volunteers as she headed over to Washington Court House.  

In Fayette County, a rousing crowd was waiting for Sharen.  They’re excited about Sharen’s campaign, and about the Democratic ticket.  Even in a part of the state that Steve Austria assumes is safe ground, Sharen’s supporters are many, and strong.  

After talking with the Fayette county crew, Sharen headed over to Xenia.  There, she met a number volunteers headed out to canvass, and at another stop at Xenia’s Democratic Headquarters talked to volunteers making phone calls on her behalf. 

It’s already been an exciting day working to get out the vote - but there’s still more to do.  Make sure you vote on November 4th, and if you can - please volunteer this weekend.  There’s  still a lot to do.

Check back to watch Sharen and other local candidates at a  GOTV rally at N4C’s Springfield HQ LIVE from 5-7PM Friday, October 31, 2008. 

 

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Sharen, along with Gov. Ted Strickland, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. John Glenn, and Attorney General Candidate Richard Cordray rally voters and supporters in Lancaster.

Steve Austria stars in this scary movie trailer. Happy Halloween.

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Voters in Ohio’s Seventh District face a choice: the rather cynical moral posturing that is Steve Austria’s MO, or the skeptical independence that characterized retiring Republican Dave Hobson’s leadership. 
Esquire endorses: Neuhardt

The Dayton Daily News accompanied their endorsement of Sharen with a strongly worded … well, there’s no other way to put it - it’s a  condemnation … of Austria’s shameless and baseless attacks on Sharen and her family for helping a survivor of the Rwandan genocide.

State Sen. Steve Austria says he reserves the right to attack Sharen Neuhardt for taking in a Rwandan refugee whose family was a victim of genocide and is caught in legal limbo with immigration authorities.

The issue arises because, in meetings and debates, Sen. Austria has accused Ms. Neuhardt of “harboring” an illegal immigrant and behaving unprofessionally as an “officer of the court.” (She is a lawyer.) So you might yet see ugly TV commercials.

If Sen. Austria makes that move, he’s engaging in gutter politics of the most despicable sort [emphasis added]

Austria and his cronies in Washington and Columbus have been shopping around a package of lies about Sharen for weeks … now that crow has come home to roost.   We can only hope Austria has the decency to accept the admonishment, and stop these despicable attacks.

This morning, the Dayton Daily News endorsed Sharen.

If the voters of the 7th District choose Sen. Austria, they are settling for mediocrity, quite possibly on a long-term basis. If they choose Ms. Neuhardt, they are hoping for something better. She has the potential to develop into a leader in an important policy realm or more than one. They almost certainly wouldn’t get anything less.

The Dayton region has a tradition of stronger-than-average representation in Congress. In this race, there is only one way, at most, to continue the tradition. The rookie is the better, bolder, more optimistic choice.

We couldn’t agree more.

Sharen’s up with a second ad calling out Steve Austria for his inaction in the state legislature as Ohio’s economy crumbled and 180,000 Ohio jobs were lost.