D.C.'s Political Report: 1998 Ohio Congressional and Statewide Primary Results

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1998 Ohio Congressional and Statewide Primary Results Filing Deadline: February 19, Primary: May 5,
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties
Governor, George Voinovich (R) barred from 3^rd Term, 72% in '94 Stu Rothenberg's prediction: Toss Up, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 4:3, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 50% Republican
ex-Att. Gen. Lee Fisher (D),	Sec/St. Robert A. "Bob" Taft II (R),	Retired AF Lt. Col. John R. Mitchel (Rfm), state party chair Zanna Feitler (NL),
Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., Nancy Hollister (R) running for Congress, will become first Ohio female Gov. if Voinovich is elected to Senate,
Columbus City Council President Michael B. Coleman (D)	ex-judge Maureen O'Conner (R)	Rev. Lawrence Anderson (Rfm), enivronmental engineer John Eastman (NL)
Attorney General
ex-state solicitor Richard A. Cordray (D)	Betty D. Montgomery (R)
Secretary of State, Robert A. Taft II (R), running for Gov.,
St. Rep. Charleta B. Tavares (D), Mark A. Hanni (D),	St. Treas. J. Kenneth Blackwell (R)	Robert Anthony Martin (WI)
Treasurer, J. Kenneth Blackwell (R) running for Sec/St. primary
Summit Co. Treas. John A. Donofrio (D), city councilwoman Helen Knipe Smith (D),	Joseph T. Deters (R)
Auditor
b-man Louis N. Strike (D)	Jim Petro (R)
Senator, 51% in '92, John H. Glenn, Jr., (D) retiring, 4^th term Stu Rothenberg's prediction: Leans Republican, Charles Cook's prediction: Likely Republican, Roll Call's prediction: Leans Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 2:1, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 64% Republican
ex-Cuyahoga Co. Comm'r Mary O. Boyle (D),	Gov. George V. Voinovich (R), David McCollough (R),
1st Cong. District, 54.3% in '96, 2^nd term Charles Cook's prediction: Toss Up, Roll Call's prediction: Toss Up, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican faovred 5:6, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 50% Republican
Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls (D), Ray Mitchell (D),	Steve Chabot (R),
2nd Cong. District, 72.1% in '96, 3^rd term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:10, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
Waynesville Mayor Charles W. Sanders (D),	Rob Portman (R),
3rd Cong. District, 59.1% in '96, 10^th term Roll Call's prediction: Likely Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 1:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Democrat
Tony P. Hall (D),	insurance consultant John S. Shondel (R),
4th Cong. District, 65.0% in '96, 9^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:7, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
art gallery owenr / '96 nominee Paul Anthony McClain (D), Wayne Barrett (D),	Michael G. Oxley (R),
5th Cong. District, 61.1% in '96, 5^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:6, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
planning commissioner / university official Susan Davenport Darrow (D), Norbert G. Dennerll, Jr. (D),	Paul Gillmor (R),	James Stricker (L),
6th Cong. District, 51.2% in '96, 1^st / 2^ndterm Charles Cook's prediction: Toss Up, Roll Call's prediction: Toss Up, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 7:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 50% Democrat
Ted Strickland (D),	Lt. Gov. Nancy P. Hollister (R), ex-U.S. Rep. Frank H. Cremeans (R), real estate agent Michael Azinger (R), prof./b-man Tom Sharpe (R), Grant Michael Browne (R),
7th Cong. District, 67.9% in '96, 4^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
farmer Donald E. Minor Jr. (D),	David Hobson (R), Richard Herron (R),	engineer / farmer Jim Schrader (L), Stephen Ogard (I/WI),
8th Cong. District, 70.3% in '96, 4^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:9, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
retired farmer / '86/'88 nominee John W. Griffin (D), Roland A. Durksen (D),	John A. Boehner (R),
9th Cong. District, 77.1% in '96, 8^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 1:10, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Democrat
Marcy Kaptur (D),	ex-democratic perennial candidate Edward S. Emery (R),
10th Cong. District, 49.0% in '96, 1^st term Roll Call's prediction: Leans Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 1:3, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 64% Democrat
Dennis J. Kucinich (D), C. River Smith (D),	consultant/anti-abortion activist Joe Slovenec (R),	lawn care owner Patrick McDaniel (Rfm/WI),
11th Cong. District, 81.1% in '96, Louis Stokes (D) retiring after 15^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 1:4, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Democrat
Co. prosecutor Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D), St. Sen. Jeffrey Johnson (D), Rev. Marvin A. McMickle (D), Dale Virgil Blanchard (D), William L. DeMora (D),	talk show host James D. Hereford (R), business owner/talk show host Charles Byrne (R), Robert E. Saffold (R), Mark Carter (R), Jerome A. Brentar (R),	Jean Murrell Capers (I),
12th Cong. District, 66.5% in '96, 8^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
retired computer repairman Edward S. Brown (D), Bruce Jaynes (D),	John Kasich (R), Ramona Whisler (R),
13th Cong. District, 60.5% in '96, 3^rd term Roll Call's prediction: Likely Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 3:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Democrat
Sherrod Brown (D),	St. Sen. Grace L. Drake (R), Rick H. Jeric (R), Kenneth C. Blair, Jr. (R),
14th Cong. District, 54.3% in '96, 6^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 1:2, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 77% Democrat
Thomas C. Sawyer (D),	ex-St. Rep. Tom Watkins (R), b-man Richard F. Wood (R), Shannon Edward Lacy (R),	Jim Babka Jr. (L),
15th Cong. District, 71.1% in '96, 3^rd term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
attorney Adam Clay Miller (D),	Deborah Pryce (R),	Scott Smith (L),, ex-state director of Concord Coalition Kevin Nestor (I),
16th Cong. District, 68.7% in '96, 13^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 1:7, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Republican
Dr. Peter D. Ferguson (D),	Ralph Regula (R), Vince Yambrovich (R),
17th Cong. District, 91.0% in '96, 7^th term Roll Call's prediction: Safe Democrat, Campaign & Election's prediction: Democrat favored 1:15, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 90% Democrat
James A. Traficant, Jr. (D),	Paul H. Alberty (R),
18th Cong. District, 50.1% in '96, 2^nd term Roll Call's prediction: Leans Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 5:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 64% Republican
'96 nominee/ex-St. Sen./'94 Gov. nominee Robert L. Burch (D),	Robert W. Ney (R),
19th Cong. District, 54.8% in '96, 2^nd term Roll Call's prediction: Leans Republican, Campaign & Election's prediction: Republican favored 3:8, D.C.'s Report's prediction: 77% Republican
attorney Elizabeth Kelly (D), Scott Miller (D),	Steven C. LaTourette (R),

1. Key to Predictions: Roll Call,
The Cook Political Report,
The Rothenberg Political Report,
Campaign & Election Magazine,
D.C.'s Political Report

2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red print indicates change in party control.

3. Key to Party Identification.
(D) = Democratic Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(NL) = Natural Law Party
(Rfm) = Reform Party
(R) = Republican Party
(SW) = Socialist Workers Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates