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State Sen. Sean O’Brien and state Rep. Michael J. O’Brien had a lot of money left in their campaign funds after this election.
For the former, it didn’t work out as he lost his re-election bid, while it nearly came back to bite the latter who spent little in the final days of the campaign and won by only 0.74 of a percent.
Sean O’Brien, D-Bazetta, lost by 2 percent to Republican Sandra O’Brien of Lenox in the Ohio Senate 32nd District race, even though he raised and spent significantly more money than her.
shut todd akins whole thing down by voting for incumbent claire mccaskill, who won the senate race by 16 points. establishment republicans publicly shunned aikin after his remarks on legitimate rape, and vowed not to help his campaign. the national republican senatorial committee said in september that it had, quote, no plans to fund aikin s campaign. but according to usa today, the state party reported paying almost exactly that amount, $756,000 to strategic media placement, an ohio firm that akick had used to buy his tv time. a report shows the funds were for w. todd akin. and republicans weren t worrying that he was costing the senate. ann coulter blamed him for being the face of the war on women. look, that whole war on women chitchat about that campaign that was being waged against republicans, it was meaningless
if it s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. in november, missouri voters shut todd akins whole thing down by voting for incumbent claire mccaskill, who won the senate race by 16 points. establishment republicans publicly shunned akin after his remarks on legitimate rape and vowed not to help his campaign. the national republican senatorial committee said in september that it had, quote, no plans to fund akin s campaign. but according to usa today, the state party reported paying almost exactly that amount, $756,000 to strategic media placement, an ohio firm that akin had used to buy his tv time. a report shows the funds were for w. todd akin. and republicans weren t worrying that he was costing the senate. ann coulter blamed him for being the face of the war on women. look, that whole war on women chitchat about that campaign