Strickland holding slim lead on Kasich for governo

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Strickland holding slim lead on Kasich for governor

Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland kept a slight lead over Republican challenger John Kasich in the governor’s race but a new Quinnipiac University poll also found vulnerabilities for Strickland and opportunities for Kasich.

The poll, released on Tuesday, June 29, showed Strickland ahead, 43-38 percent, among registered voters, statistically the same as earlier leads, 44-38 percent in April, and an identical 43-38 percent advantage in March.

However, on four key indicators, Strickland recorded his lowest scores in a continuing series of Quinnipiac polls:

* Voters nearly split on Strickland’s overall approval rating as governor, with 44 percent approving and 42 percent disapproving.

* Voters disapproved the governor’s handling of the economy, 54-33 percent.

* Strickland got a failing grade on handling the state budget, 52-31 percent.

* By a 48-31 percent margin, voters said Strickland hadn’t kept campaign promises.


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Rivals for governor sharpen their skills for Thursday's debate

The second gubernatorial debate will take place at 8 p.m. before a ticket-only audience of 150 at the Driscoll Alumni Center on the University of Toledo campus.

The one-hour event is sponsored by the Ohio News Organization, a consortium of the state's eight largest newspapers, including The Blade.

The debate will be televised locally on WTOL, Channel 11 and, in a nod to the national attention this contentious race has been getting, on C-SPAN.

In the first debate, in Columbus on Sept. 14, both candidates largely ducked specifics on how they would close a potential budget gap some have measured as wide as $8 billion in the next two-year budget. They also talked about Mr. Kasich's role as a Columbus manager for the now-bankrupt Lehman Brothers investment firm, and Mr. Strickland's claim to have fixed the state's K-12 school funding problems, passenger rail, and Ohio's death penalty.

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