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Democrat announces statehouse bid
BEAVERCREEK - A local Democrat hopes to unseat a former city councilman who took over the 70th district state house seat after Republican Kevin DeWine left to head the state GOP.
Kevin O’Brien, who retired from the Air Force and now works for a military contractor, announced Thursday at the city veterans’ memorial on North Fairfield Road that he will again run for state representative.
O’Brien lost his challenge to unseat DeWine in 2006. Jarrod Martin, a former Beavercreek City Councilman, won a crowded primary race and then the general election for the seat in 2008. He’s seeking re-election next year.
O’Brien wants to bring a different perspective to the state house. He says he’s not a typical democrat. “I’m pro life and pro gun.”
O’Brien, who’s 38 and grew up in Beavercreek, plans to campaign on education reform and dealing with the state’s budgeting issues. He says he’s better prepared then when he ran in 2006. “This being my second time, I’m a lot more prepared to make a run at it,” he said.
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By Concerned
April 18, 2010 3:35 PM | Link to this
It will require more than pro life and pro gun in order to win the election. It will also require a demonstrated conservative fiscal agenda.