LONDON, LIVE AT THE DEWINE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS IN COLUMBUS.
JOHN: MIKE DEWINE PROTECTED HIS RIGHT FLANK PRETTY WELL.
THE ATTACK ADS CALLED HIM D.C.
DEWINE.
THAT COULD HAVE STOOD FOR DECISIVELY CLENCHED.
HE POURED MILLIONS INTO THE TV AD BATTLE AGAINST LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARY TAYLOR.
HE WENT AT EACH OTHER IN A MEAN-SPIRITED BACK AND FORTH.
EARLY ON, IT SEEMS CLEAR TO GO.
BECAME COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THROUGH THE EVENING, EVENTUALLY GETTING A CALL HE WAS WAITING FOR.
>> A VERY NICE CALL FROM MARY TAYLOR.
SHE CONGRATULATED ME.
I HAVE HER CAMPAIGN WAS AND HOW SHE THOUGHT.
SHE IS A REAL FIGHTER.
I ADMIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE REAL FIGHTERS.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE IN COMMON THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEPARATES US.
WE ARE BOTH CONSERVATIVES, BOTH PRO-LIFE, BOTH PRO-SECOND AMENDMENT.
WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS STATE.
JOHN A STATE THAT MIKE DEWINE HAS SERVED FOR A LONG TIME IN OHIO AS A U.S. SENATOR.
FATHER OF EIGHT, GRANDFATHER OF 23, IF ELECTED GOVERNOR, HE SAID IT WILL NOT BE A JOB FOR HIM.
HIS POLITICAL MISSION IS TO REPAIR THE RUPTURE IN REPUBLICAN RANKS.
THAT WILL BE PART OF HIS IMMEDIATE JOB AHEAD.
LIVE IN COLUMBUS, JOHN LONDON, WLWT NEWS 5.
SHEREE: IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL CONFESSIONS BEACH FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARY TAYLOR.
LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER POLLS CLOSED, THE GOP GOVERNOR’S RACE WAS CALLED FOR HER OPPONENT.
TAYLOR TOOK THE TO PODIUM, WIPING TEARS FROM HER EYES AND THANKING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SHE ENDED HER SPEECH WITH A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
URGING EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO VOTE FOR MIKE DEWINE COME NOVEMBER.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, RICHARD CORDRAY IS THE BIG WINNER AND WILL BE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION THIS FALL.
MIKE: HE BEAT OUT FIVE OTHER CANDIDATES BY MORE THAN 40 POINTS, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
WLWT NEWS 5’S COURTIS FULLER IS LIVE AT CORDRAY’S VICTORY PARTY IN COLUMBUS.
COURTIS: VERY IMPRESSIVE.
IT IS A LANDSLIDE HERE.
YOU CAN SAY THAT THE GLOVES ARE OFF FOR NOVEMBER.
CORDRAY SPOKE TO HIS SUPPORTERS, THANKING THEM FOR HELPING TO GET HIM PAST HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS.
HE TOLD THE CROWD THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK TWICE AS HARD TO BRING HOME A VICTORY IN NOVEMBER.
THIS WAS A QUICK NIGHT FOR THIS POLITICAL VETERAN.
HE CONGRATULATED MIKE DEWINE FOR WINNING THE UGLIEST CAMPAIGN HE HAS EVER SEEN.
CORDRAY KNOWS IT WILL BE AN ALL-OUT FIGHT GOING INTO NOVEMBER, BUT HE SAID VOTERS WILL HAVE A WEIRD CHOICE.
>> THE THINGS THAT WE STAND FOR CANNOT BE MORE DIFFERENT.
I SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER FIGHTING FOR CONSUMERS, RETIREES AND FAMILIES.
I HAVE TAKEN ON POWERFUL INTEREST AND TAKE IN -- GOTTEN YOUR MONEY BACK.
MEANWHILE, MIKE DEWINE HAS BEEN SERVING THOSE AT THE TOP, ENABLING POWERFUL INTEREST TO HAVE THEIR WAY IN WASHINGTON AND COLUMBUS.
INSTEAD OF BEING AN ADVOCATE COME HE LET US HE TAKING -- TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF FOR TOO LONG.
COURTIS: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS WILL TURN INTO GENERAL ELECTION HARDBALL POLITICS.
TED STRICKLAND WAS HERE TONIGHT, A SUPPORTER OF EASTER CORDRAY.
HE CALLS MIKE DEWINE A NASTY INDIVIDUALS.
HIS QUOTE WAS A NASTY GUIDE BY NATURE, BUT HE SAID CORDRAY IS PREPARED FOR A TOUGH FIGHT AND PROVED THAT HE CAN BE TOUGH BY WINNING TONIGHT.