Enquirer Endorses Turner
Cincinnati Enquirer
When Stephanie Studebaker withdrew as the Democratic candidate for Ohio’s 3rd U.S. House District seat in August after being arrested in a domestic violence case, Dick Chema of Dayton took an extraordinary step – resigning his post as assistant U.S. attorney to run in a special primary for the nomination, which he won handily.
Chema has run a strong if somewhat improvised, short-on-cash campaign, upholding the finest tradition of competitive politics by offering a real choice.
We applaud him. And we choose his opponent, Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Turner, for our endorsement.
Turner, a former mayor of Dayton who was elected to Congress in 2002, serves a district that includes his home turf, plus northern Warren County, Clinton County and Highland County.
He has quickly made his mark, establishing himself as a leader on urban issues – a natural outgrowth of his former post – and being named head of the House’s new national Saving America’s Cities working group.
Turner is committed to having the nation’s urban legislators and mayors put their best practices together and press Congress for legislation to let the market work in reviving core cities. Turner deserves the chance to continue work on policies that could help Dayton, Cincinnati and cities throughout our region.
Turner has been a good advocate for his district on preserving jobs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other issues. He takes a no-nonsense, no-excuses stance on the GOP’s Mark Foley scandal, saying those who learned of the former representative’s inappropriate messages to male teenage pages should have just called the cops right away. He favors full investigations, wherever they lead.
Chema, who was in charge of the criminal division in this area’s U.S. attorney’s office, dealt with complex, high-profile cases. His legal qualifications and management experience are outstanding. But as a sudden, first-time candidate for public office, he’s just getting his feet wet in issues that face Congress such as energy policy and budgeting.
He is a thoughtful, independent voice, but Mike Turner has the experience and clout to serve the 3rd District well. We endorse Mike Turner.
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