Posted November 4, 2013 at 9:01am
The candidate: Democrat Jennifer Garrison, former state lawmaker.
The member: Two-term Rep. Bill Johnson, a Republican from Ohio.
The state: In 2012, GOP nominee Mitt Romney carried the district with 55 percent. The candidate’s team : Charlie Hale (campaign manager), Mark Riddle (senior adviser), The Campaign Group (media consultant), Benenson Strategy Group (pollster), New Partners (research), New Blue Interactive (digital strategist)
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<p>Former state Rep. Jennifer Garrison said any campaign help from President Barack Obama would not help her chances of winning the 6th District in southeastern Ohio.</p>
<p>“Obama isn’t very popular in my part of the state, and I respect the office of the presidency of the United States,” Garrison said in an Oct. 8 interview with CQ Roll Call. “But I suspect that the president would not be campaigning for someone unless he thought that would be helpful, and in my case it probably would not.”<!–more–></p>
<p>Obama won the Buckeye State by a slim, 3-point margin, but he lost the 6th District by a dozen points. Still, Garrison argued, her own campaign and background will be enough to defeat Johnson in 2014.</p>
<p>Garrison, a longtime resident of Marietta, Ohio, said she will campaign on the premise that she is a local who knows the 6th District better than Johnson. She accused the congressman of “district shopping” <a href=”https://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_90/-43255-1.html” target=”_blank”>before he ran for the 6th District in 2010.</a>
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<p>“He was going to run in the district he’d lived,” Garrison said. “He decided to run in the next district. He just moved into the district two years ago — two and a half years ago. He moved eight doors down from me in Marietta, and I never see him.”</p>
<p>Former Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, tried unsuccessfully to oust Johnson last cycle in a comeback bid. <a href=”https://www.rollcall.com/news/ex_rep_charlie_wilson_of_ohio_dies_at_70-223995-1.html”>Wilson died earlier this year. </a>
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<p>The race is rated <a href=”https://media.cq.com/pub/2013/race-ratings-rc/?pos=lpolmr”>Leans Republican</a> by the Rothenberg Political Report/Roll Call.</p>
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<li>Senate in Nebraska: <a href=”https://webmail.cqrollcall.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=cxj4zQX9l0i6FiacW57cGlJfRIm0p9AIqUycuYGqPliR5-IKTpbuA-b-xQ7_8WFhXnjzI6Ep2Ss.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fatr.rollcall.com%2fshane-osborn-nesen-the-candidate%2f” target=”_blank”>Republican Shane Osborn </a>
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<li>Minnesota’s 6th District: <a href=”https://webmail.cqrollcall.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=cxj4zQX9l0i6FiacW57cGlJfRIm0p9AIqUycuYGqPliR5-IKTpbuA-b-xQ7_8WFhXnjzI6Ep2Ss.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fatr.rollcall.com%2frepublican-embraces-bachmann-2-0-label-mn06-the-candidate%2f” target=”_blank”>Republican Tom Emmer</a>
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<li>Pennsylvania’s 13th District: <a href=”https://webmail.cqrollcall.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=cxj4zQX9l0i6FiacW57cGlJfRIm0p9AIqUycuYGqPliR5-IKTpbuA-b-xQ7_8WFhXnjzI6Ep2Ss.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fatr.rollcall.com%2fdaylin-leach-talks-marijuana-progressive-rock-the-candidate%2f” target=”_blank”>Democrat Daylin Leach</a>
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