According to this news story, former U.S. House member James Traficant of Ohio will file to run for the U.S. House in 2010, as an independent candidate. The petition deadline for independent candidates in Ohio this year is May 3. Traficant has not said which district he is running in. Independent candidates for U.S. House in Ohio need signatures equal to 1% of the last vote cast in that district for Governor. UPDATE: he is running in the 17th district in northeast Ohio. It is likely the Democratic nominee will be Traficant’s former staffer, incumbent Democrat Tim Ryan. See this story. The primaries are on May 4 and the identity of the Democratic primary winner is unknown for certain.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
How does no one know which district he is running in? Hasn’t anyone told the news that a mysterious man with a hairpiece asked them to sign a petition? Unless he is going to get 2,200+ signatures today, I don’t know how he kept this under wraps.
Sometimes petitions can be circulated in a manner that doesn’t gain the attention of the public or the press. Not all petition drives are conducted outdoors in streets and public places.
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The latest issue of Money Magazine has a good article on Youngstown, Ohio that includes how Trafficant practically destroyed the city single-handedly with his alleged mafia connections. If the article is true, then how could anyone support his campaign?
#2 Transporter beam?
I love Traficant’s antics. He’s a laughingstock.
My only question about Traficant after listening to him is how could he ever have been a Democrat?
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answer == big time unions in that part of Ohio .