Any on the ground reports of voter turnout in OH-12th?

[beachbum bob]

just hoping to hear whats going on there as the in-person voting will win or lose for the democrats

[mucifer]

1. There is a thread about it:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210972561

[bearsfootball516]

2. Here are a few tweets that seem to bode well for O'Connor.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[spooky3]

3. Thank you. Nt

[FarPoint]

4. Question....

Will the winner need to be reelected again this November?

[bearsfootball516]

5. They will, yes.

[NewJeffCT]

6. On the plus side

O'Connor will be the incumbent if he wins, and if the GOPer loses this time out, the local Neo Nazi, sorry Republican, party will need to decide if they run the same loser again, or bring in somebody new to run a very short race.

[FarPoint]

7. Thanks for the information...

I'm excited.... Ohio needs to regain their sanity.

[irisblue]

13. The republican opposite Dem Danny O'Connor Ohio 12 won their rep primary

They're stuck with Balderson. Politico.com Balderson wins Ohio 12 GOP primary
By ELENA SCHNEIDER 05/08/2018 11:50 PM EDT Updated 05/08/2018 11:55 PM EDT
Snip..."State Sen. Troy Balderson won the Republican primaries in the special and regular elections in former Rep. Pat Tiberi’s old district.

Balderson had 29.2 percent of the vote to 28.2 percent for Melanie Leneghan when the Associated Press called the race with 100 percent of precincts reporting. Balderson won the regular primary by a similar margin over Leneghan."
Bit more at web article.

[NewJeffCT]

14. he at least has the advantage of name recognition

but, he supposedly just pissed on 1/3 of the electorate yesterday, which can't be good.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/7/1786455/-Republican-Candidate-For-OH-12th-Special-Election-Today-Closes-Out-By-Insulting-1-3-Of-Voters

[FarPoint]

8. Thanks...

Was thinking of all the campaign expenses.... having to run again in November...

[BumRushDaShow]

11. "Was thinking of all the campaign expenses.... having to run again in November..."

It's the same issue with all of the special elections this year. With the one here in PA featuring Conor Lamb (elected in March 2018), he will have to run again in November in a newly re-drawn district to boot (redrawn to bust the GOP gerrymandering) but it helps to be an incumbent from some district!

[jpak]

9. CNN just described it s a "general election" turn out in Franklin Co.

For what it's worth.

[bearsfootball516]

10. Wouldn't surprise me.

There's a tweet higher up in the thread where a voter (presumably in Franklin County) said that the lines were longer than he saw in the presidential race.

[FarPoint]

15. That is HUGE! Franklin County is " Blue"....Columbus Ohio

I believe we will win this District 12.... Newark is red, Marion is pink, and Zaneville is turning blue.

[beachbum bob]

17. That's a good comment as it means much higher turnout

[a kennedy]

12. I'll hold my breath until the last vote (hopefully legal) is counted.......

High voter turnout can go either way........and with the orange blob saying "the Democrats will raise your taxes", blah, blah, blah, might just be enough to get the repubs out as well. Just keeping positive vibes and fingers crossed that the outcome will make us all very happy.

[beachbum bob]

16. Anytime a GOP says democrats will raise taxes, we counter we have to pay

The bills republicans have mortgaged our...fill in the blank.