Ohio Primary Results

     Hey gang the Primaries are over and now time has come to analyze the results.

     First off I know everyone has been studying and following the presidential race, as with any election the top office tends to define the whole process. Here in Ohio in the Republican race John Kasich our current Governor won the Primary, while Hillary Clinton won on the Democrat side.  What does this mean? Well the thing about the presidency is that it’s really the only position that is elected nationwide. Since the Presidency is in fact voted on by the nation one must look at the rest of the nation to know what is really going on. First off in the Democratic race, Hillary Clinton now holds nearly double the total delegates as opponent Bernie Sanders, and is likely to take the nomination.

     Now John Kasich is a completely different story, He himself has 143 delegates and 66 of those are from his win in Ohio. In my humble opinion John Kasich's only hope of gaining the nomination is a contested convention, which means that when the primaries in every state are over there is no clear winner. That said it would be a great atrocity for the people to give say for example 49% of the vote to Donald Trump, 30% to Ted Cruz and 15% to Kasich, (leaving the last 16% to other candidates who dropped out early) and then all of a sudden you give the prize to third place. #GoldDon'tEqualBronze

     Okay now that we have discussed the national issues let’s not forget the local elections. Two races that I have myself followed closest were the Sharif and Ross County Commissioner races. On the Republican side current Sharif George Lavender, and Dwight Garret won their respective races for nomination. On the Democrat side we had Donald T. Hayburn, II who won the nomination for Sharif and Todd Holdren won the nomination for Commissioner.  

     I will not be announcing all of my endorsements anytime soon but I cannot hide that George Lavender is my pick for Sharif I know him personally and I've never met a member of law enforcement more dedicated to the protection of the citizenry. 

     One final note I'm excited to announce that both Diane Carnes Ross County Republican Committee Chairwoman and Dustin Proehl Ross County Democratic Committee Chairman have agreed to be interviewed on the the results of our local primaries. Look for these posts to come soon.