As a lifelong Cincinnatian, I'm very familiar with Phil Heimlich. My liberal preferences often diverge from his, but he would be a very worthy replacement for Warren Davidson.
I also think he's be a strong voice in opposition to the current attempt by Ohio Republicans to hijack the redistricting process underway in Ohio. It's a drama wort…
As a lifelong Cincinnatian, I'm very familiar with Phil Heimlich. My liberal preferences often diverge from his, but he would be a very worthy replacement for Warren Davidson.
I also think he's be a strong voice in opposition to the current attempt by Ohio Republicans to hijack the redistricting process underway in Ohio. It's a drama worthy of *way* more attention than it's getting in the national press. The NY Times has a good explainer (https://nyti.ms/3wIIibr); the latest fiasco happened in the last 24 hours (Ohio Capital Journal: https://bit.ly/3wJ6rOT).
Keep in mind that creating maps that fairly reflect Ohio voters' preferences over the past decade would still give Republicans the edge in this state. What Republicans are fighting for is to maintain their super majority. So far all that's delivered is increasingly partisan legislation and the biggest scandal in Ohio's history (and perhaps the largest, at the moment, in all 50 states: https://bit.ly/3uE4d0x).
In short, we're in a constitutional crisis in Ohio with no clear road ahead at the moment and no set districts for the May 3 primary. Whatever my policy disagreements with Heimlich, he'd be a welcome antidote to the crazy that's infected way too many Republican politicians, in Ohio and elsewhere.
As a lifelong Cincinnatian, I'm very familiar with Phil Heimlich. My liberal preferences often diverge from his, but he would be a very worthy replacement for Warren Davidson.
I also think he's be a strong voice in opposition to the current attempt by Ohio Republicans to hijack the redistricting process underway in Ohio. It's a drama worthy of *way* more attention than it's getting in the national press. The NY Times has a good explainer (https://nyti.ms/3wIIibr); the latest fiasco happened in the last 24 hours (Ohio Capital Journal: https://bit.ly/3wJ6rOT).
Keep in mind that creating maps that fairly reflect Ohio voters' preferences over the past decade would still give Republicans the edge in this state. What Republicans are fighting for is to maintain their super majority. So far all that's delivered is increasingly partisan legislation and the biggest scandal in Ohio's history (and perhaps the largest, at the moment, in all 50 states: https://bit.ly/3uE4d0x).
In short, we're in a constitutional crisis in Ohio with no clear road ahead at the moment and no set districts for the May 3 primary. Whatever my policy disagreements with Heimlich, he'd be a welcome antidote to the crazy that's infected way too many Republican politicians, in Ohio and elsewhere.