OFT: List of endorsed candidates for November election

OFT Expands List of Endorsed Candidates

(June 10, 2006; OEA list will be out soon)

Attorney General candidate Marc Dann is among 57 additional endorsements made by the Ohio Federation of Teachers June 10 for the fall general election. Dann is the Democratic candidate facing Republican Betty Montgomery. OFT also added William O’Neill to the list of endorsed candidates for the Ohio Supreme Court; Ben Espy was endorsed previously.

OFT endorsed Zack Space in the 18th Congressional District race against Bob Ney, who is currently under a cloud of scandals involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff. OFT also endorsed former Congressman Bob Shamansky against Pat Tiberi in the 12th Congressional District north of Columbus.

This round of endorsements broadens the list of education-friendly candidates supported by the Ohio Federation of Teachers. Several endorsements were approved after OFT’s 2006 statewide convention in Cincinnati March 9-11 following earlier endorsements for Ted Strickland for governor and Sherrod Brown for US Senate.

Additional Ohio Senate candidates endorsed by OFT June 10 included Ray Miller (District 15), Shirley Smith (District 21), Dale Miller (District 23), Kirk Schuring (District 29) and John Boccieri (District 33).

Additional Ohio House candidates endorsed by OFT June 10 include Bruce Burnworth (District 2), Dennis Shreefer (District 4), Armond Budish (District 8), Barbara Boyd (District 9), Sandra Williams (District 11), Michael Foley/Bill Ritter (District 14), Tim DeGreeter (District 15), Marian Harris (District 19), Jim Hughes (District 22), Joyce Beatty (District 27), Connie Pillich (District 28), Steve Driehaus (District 31), Dale Mallory (District 32), Tyrone Yates (District 33), Stephen Silver (District 34), Karen Adams (District 35), Guy Fogle (District 37), Carolyn Rice (District 38), Fred Strahorn (District 40), Vernon Sykes (District 44), Robert Otterman (District 45), Mark Dansack (District 46), Edna Brown (District 48), John Johnson (District 50), Scott Oelslager (District 51), William Healy (District 52), Matt Lundy (District 57), Ken Carano (District 59), Robert Hagan (District 60), Mark Okey (District 61), Sandra Harwood (District 65), Kathleen Chandler (District 68), Jay Goyal (District 73), Ben McCullough (District 74), Angie Byrne (District 75), Chris Redfern (District 80), Darrell Opfer (District 81), Shawn Allen (District 83), Connie Crockett (District 84), Raymond Pryor (District 85), Bill Horne (District 86), Clyde Evans (District 87), Todd Book (District 89), Dan Dodd (District 91), John Domenick (District 95), Raymond Ku (District 98), George Distel (District 99).