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Democratic chairman takes aim at DeWine as 'status quo'
The same thing that makes Mike DeWine the favorite to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination could come back to haunt him.
At least, that’s the opinion of David Pepper, who became Ohio Democratic Party chairman after losing to DeWine in the 2014 attorney general race.
DeWine has signaled he finally will announce his candidacy on Sunday at his family’s annual ice cream social at their home near Cedarville.
Since he has held elective office nearly nonstop since 1977, including stints as U.S. senator and lieutenant governor, DeWine “is the best-known name in the field, clearly the favorite in that primary,” Pepper said Friday.
Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170623/democrat-chairman-takes-aim-at-dewine-as-status-quo