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131 years in print Vol. CXXXI Issue XIV
WEDNESDAY | NOV. 3 | 2010
ELECTION RESULTS
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REPUBLICANS
TAKE HOUSE
Steve Chabot beats incumbent Jason hoffman | staff reporter Excitement and anticipation filled the Sungarden Lounge at the Hyatt Hotel on W. Fifth Street Tuesday night as Republican candidates and their supporters awaited the results from the election. Headlining the evening were congressional hopeful Steve Chabot; Mike Wilson, who founded the Cincinnati Tea Party and Chris Monzel, current Cincinnati councilman running for election as Hamilton County commissioner. After Rep. Steve Driehaus, the incumbent Democrat, conceded at 11 p.m., Chabot gave his acceptance speech to the crowd of approximately 350 supporters. “Now the real work begins,” Chabot said. “We’re going to take the gavel out of Pelosi’s hands and give it to John Boehner.” For Chabot, one of the biggest issues was the health care reform passed by President Barack Obama. “We have to stop Obamacare,” he said. “We do need reform, but not that kind.” One supporter, Patty Franklin of Symmes Township, was there to see Steve Chabot take back the First Congressional District of Ohio. “Driehaus sold the west side and all
of Cincinnati down the river when he supported Obama and Pelosi, especially on the health care bill, which I think is ridiculous,” Franklin said. “If it’s good enough for us, why isn’t the health care bill good enough for them in Washington?” George Brunemann, head of the southwest Cincinnati Tea Party, was a supporter of Steve Chabot, Chris Monzel, Mike Wilson and Mike Robison. Brunemann says it’s important for the Tea Party to now shift its focus. “From the listening and supporting role, to making sure that the candidates we supported follow through on their message because we are not going away,” he said. Despite the victories and celebration, Chabot was cautious about how the Republicans should move forward. “We’ve got to get it right this time,” he said. “The American people have given us a second chance and there won’t be a third.” Republican Chris Monzel defeated Democrat Jim Tarbell in the race to replace David Pepper as Hamilton County commissioner. The Cincinnati Tea Party’s founding member and UC alumnus Mike Wilson, was in a tight race with incumbent Connie Pillich for the 28th district of the Ohio House. The race was not finalized before press time.
coulter loeb | the news record
VICTORY IS OURS Steve Chabot rode on a wave of voter dissatisfaction to take back the congressional seat he lost to Democrat Steve Driehaus in 2008. Chabot credited his victory to Driehaus’ support of the Affordable Health Care Act.
REPUBLICANS SWEEP AT POLLS
The American people have given us a second chance and there won’t be a third. —steve chabot CONGRESSMAN ELECT
Driehaus looks to future, 2012
28th District’s results still hazy gin a. ando | EDITOR-in-chief With 100 percent of precincts reporting for the election of the Ohio 28th District State Representative, it came down to five votes. Since the statistics were so close, incumbent Democrat Connie Pillich won’t be celebrating her reported five-vote victory tonight, as the votes are likely to be recounted and final results announced afterward. While some news outlets have Pillich up, at the Cactus Pear in Blue Ash — where Pillich hosted a watch party for her volunteers — a phone call told her otherwise. After a night of watching the polls, Pillich received a phone call at about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday saying University of Cincinnati alumnus and Cincinnati Tea Party founder Republican Mike Wilson had taken the lead. “It’ll be a very late night,” she said. As absentee ballots were being totaled, Wilson held onto a lead of about 2 percent. By the end of the night, however, the number was deadlocked at approximately 20,100 with all precincts reporting. “It’s been a long campaign,” Pillich said, addressing her constituents. “Today we knocked on more than 7,000 doors.” Reports of precincts’ results didn’t start coming in until later in the evening for the 28th District race, but Pillich’s supporters watched on as Republicans swept Ohio’s. Many were sighed aloud when news of Chabot’s sizable lead came onto the two TVs situated atop the bar. At approximately 10:35 p.m., Pillich received a text saying she was leading Wilson by one point, although WLWT reported Pillich was trailing Wilson by seven points. “Well, we won’t know until tomorrow,” she said. “But I want to thank you all.”
INSIDE
coulter loeb | the news record
AN UNSURE DAY Results were too close to call in the race between Connie Pillich and Mike Wilson.
ANTHONY OROZCO | STAFF REPORTER
ANNA BENTLEY | the news record
DOWN NOT OUT Steve Driehaus hugs his 10-year-old daughter Clare at an election party at Taqueria Mercado downtown after losing the 2010 senate election Tuesday.
Democratic Rep. Steve Driehaus delivered his concession speech to a packed room at the Taqueria Mercado Mexican restaurant in downtown Cincinnati late Tuesday night. Driehaus lost his congressional seat to Republican candidate Steve Chabot. The election party started at 7:30 p.m. Constituents filled the restaurant awaiting results of the race for Ohio’s First Congressional District. Driehaus supporters and campaigners drank at an open bar and watched election night coverage on local and national news networks. Waiting until a significant percentage of votes were tallied, Chabot appeared on the televisions accepting his victory of the congressional
Tarbell loses race for county commission COLLEEN ARNETT | STAFF REPORTER Supporters of Jim Tarbell, the Democratic incumbent for Hamilton County commissioner, faced a night of loss at Arnold’s Bar and Grill last night. The atmosphere at the beginning of the night was positive and exciting as Tarbell’s supporters anxiously awaited the results. Even Tarbell himself was in good humor. When making his grand entrance, he jokingly asked, “Did we win yet?” As the night went on, and the unfavorable results began to pour in, the mood at Arnold’s became more somber. Before all the precincts reported results, Arnold’s had begun to clear out. Despite the loss, Tarbell’s
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supporters continue to stand behind him. P. Casey Coston, a local attorney, described him as “an ambassador for Over-the-Rhine,” and “a walking historian.” Supporter Doug Brandt added that Tarbell is an “advocate” for the community. Tarbell has been active in the community. He is the founder of the Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, which has grown to be the largest neighborhood Chamber of Commerce in the tri-state area, and he has owned and operated various local establishments, such as Grammer’s German Restaurant and Arnold’s Bar & Grill, where everyone gathered last night. Tarbell has also received awards within the community, including the Charles P. Taft Civic Gumption Award in 1994.
coulter loeb | the news record
GOT THE BLUES After months of being slammed as “Taxin’ Tarbell,” Jim Tarbell lost his bid for Hamilton County commissioner. The loss deflated morale in Arnold’s Bar and Grill, where faithful supporters were sure of victory.
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seat. Driehaus entered the restaurant seconds after Chabot’s speech and began to address those that worked on his campaign and voted for him. “We’ve worked so hard over the last few years to create change,” Driehaus said. Driehaus gave a sense of accomplishment and of hope for the future. “We know how hard it was to work, we know how hard it was to get out there and do our part,” he said. “We are caught up in a change, caught up in a wave, just like we were brought in on a wave. But we will be back.” Driehaus added that now is the time both parties need to collaborate to move the country forward to “make positive change for the country.” After the speech, voices within the crowd then began to shout “2012!” in hopes for the next election year.
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