Bob McEwen to lead Ohio Republican Party?
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Former Hillsboro resident and Congressman Bob McEwen has been mentioned as a possible candidate to lead the Ohio Republican Party.
Paul E. Kostyu reports in The Cincinnati Enquirer that McEwen could be a successor to current GOP Chairman Kevin DeWine.
McEwen was elected to represent Ohio's Sixth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He also served in the Ohio General Assembly.
McEwen was elected by his colleagues to two of the most coveted positions in Congress: the Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Rules which has jurisdiction over all legislation in the Congress.
In 1989, McEwen and Senator Robert Dole participated as United States observers in Warsaw, Poland to the first ever parliamentary election of a non-Communist leader of a Soviet bloc country.
McEwen is a senior adviser with the law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald. He maintains offices in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C.
In a story this week under the headline "GOP at war over party chairman," Kostyu writes: "Money – millions of dollars in campaign cash – and power are at stake in a civil war that has erupted within the Ohio Republican Party. The battle is over who should lead the party through this year’s critical election for president and U.S. Senate, among other races.
"Should it be chairman Kevin DeWine, who has led the party since January 2009 and whose current term ends in January 2013? Or should it be someone to be named by Gov. John Kasich? Several names have emerged as contenders, including former U.S. Rep. Robert D. McEwen, R-Hillsboro."
The Enquirer points out that McEwen's most recent attempt to return to Congress was a 2006 primary loss to current Second District Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland.
In November 2010, Ohio Gov. John Kasich asked DeWine to step down as GOP chairman. Last year, Highland County Republican Party Chair and Vice Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party Kay Ayres came to DeWine's defense in a strongly worded message to the governor.
[[In-content Ad]]As reported by The Columbus Dispatch, in her December 2011 letter, Ayres told Gov. Kasich that the “tumult in the Republican ranks” could hurt its long-term stability, causing a “divide which could well result in the re-election of Barack Obama in 2012 and your defeat in 2014. We simply cannot allow this to happen. Governor, you are the one person who can quickly put a stop to this nonsense.”
According to the Enquirer, "In addition to McEwen, other names said to be on Kasich’s short list of DeWine replacements are Douglas J. Preisse, the Franklin County Republican party chairman, and Rex Elsass, former executive director of the party and founder of The Strategy Group for Media, a GOP political consulting and media firm."
Paul E. Kostyu reports in The Cincinnati Enquirer that McEwen could be a successor to current GOP Chairman Kevin DeWine.
McEwen was elected to represent Ohio's Sixth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He also served in the Ohio General Assembly.
McEwen was elected by his colleagues to two of the most coveted positions in Congress: the Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Committee on Rules which has jurisdiction over all legislation in the Congress.
In 1989, McEwen and Senator Robert Dole participated as United States observers in Warsaw, Poland to the first ever parliamentary election of a non-Communist leader of a Soviet bloc country.
McEwen is a senior adviser with the law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald. He maintains offices in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C.
In a story this week under the headline "GOP at war over party chairman," Kostyu writes: "Money – millions of dollars in campaign cash – and power are at stake in a civil war that has erupted within the Ohio Republican Party. The battle is over who should lead the party through this year’s critical election for president and U.S. Senate, among other races.
"Should it be chairman Kevin DeWine, who has led the party since January 2009 and whose current term ends in January 2013? Or should it be someone to be named by Gov. John Kasich? Several names have emerged as contenders, including former U.S. Rep. Robert D. McEwen, R-Hillsboro."
The Enquirer points out that McEwen's most recent attempt to return to Congress was a 2006 primary loss to current Second District Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Loveland.
In November 2010, Ohio Gov. John Kasich asked DeWine to step down as GOP chairman. Last year, Highland County Republican Party Chair and Vice Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party Kay Ayres came to DeWine's defense in a strongly worded message to the governor.
[[In-content Ad]]As reported by The Columbus Dispatch, in her December 2011 letter, Ayres told Gov. Kasich that the “tumult in the Republican ranks” could hurt its long-term stability, causing a “divide which could well result in the re-election of Barack Obama in 2012 and your defeat in 2014. We simply cannot allow this to happen. Governor, you are the one person who can quickly put a stop to this nonsense.”
According to the Enquirer, "In addition to McEwen, other names said to be on Kasich’s short list of DeWine replacements are Douglas J. Preisse, the Franklin County Republican party chairman, and Rex Elsass, former executive director of the party and founder of The Strategy Group for Media, a GOP political consulting and media firm."