The two tea party organizations represent more than 1 million tea party supporters, according to Ann Becker, president of the Cincinnati Tea Party and West Chester Twp. resident.
This year’s theme: “Be the Change You Want to See.” Tickets are $15 per person, or $25 per pair and are available at www.cincinnatiteaparty.org.
Several locals will also be a part of the event, including Hamilton County Commissioner Chris Monzel, Heidi Huber from Ohioans Against Common Core and Ted Stevenot from the Ohio Precinct Project.
SENATE CAMPAIGN 2016
The three men looking to win the 2016 Senate election have made campaign moves this past week.
Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, one of two Democrats seeking the seat, hired veteran Democratic strategist Dale Butland as his senior advisor and campaign spokesman.
Butland has run or advised five U.S. Senate campaigns in Ohio since 1980. Four of the five campaigns won their elections, including former senators John Glenn and Howard Metzbenbaum.
Sittenfeld’s 2016 Democratic primary opponent Ted Strickland, who lost his gubernatorial re-election bid in 2010 to John Kasich, sent out a message to Ohio voters about why he’s running for Senate.
“I am determined to restore the American Dream for working people in this country,” his message said. “I believe in the American Dream because I’ve lived it.”
Strickland’s email message also included some of his personal information, such as being the eighth of nine children and the first in his family to go to college.
“To save the American Dream, we need to go back to the basics,” he wrote. “If we do this, we can put our country back on the right path and bring opportunity for all.”
The man these two hope to replace, Sen. Rob Portman, announced his re-election campaign chairs — 190 people in all — in Ohio’s 88 counties.
He said the 190 “Portman for Senate” county chairs will volunteer as “the campaign’s eyes and ears on the ground.”
In Butler County, the co-chairs are Danny Crank, Michael McNamara and Terri Studer. In Warren County, the co-chairs are Linda Burke, Pat South, Dave Young.
ANNUAL PARTY DINNERS
Butler County’s two political parties will have their annual fundraising dinners within the next few weeks.
The Butler County Democrats are first up, having its annual Truman Kennedy Holcomb Spring Gala. The event starts with a 5:30 p.m. reception and 6:30 p.m. dinner on Sunday at the Oscar Event Center at Jungle Jim’s, 5440 Dixie Highway in Fairfield.
Former Ohio governor and 2016 U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland will be the keynote speaker.
And just more than two weeks later, on Friday, May 15, the county’s GOP will host its annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Oscar Event Center.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and Ohio Auditor Dave Yost are scheduled to be the fundraiser’s speakers for the event that’s set to run between 5 and 10 p.m.
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