OH-05: Final Tally - Latta (R) By A Nose; Weirauch (D) By A Mile

Published: November 7, 2007, 9:00 am

Final tally from the SOS: 43.73% - 32,036 - Latta (R) 40.12% - 29,387 - Buehrer (R) 6.69% -- 4,901 -- Hollenbaugh (R) 5.75% -- 4,211 -- Pieper (R) 3.71% -- 2,716 -- Smitley (R) 72.12% - 31,744 - Robin (D) 27.88% - 12,274 - Mays (D) So State Rep. Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) and his legacy squeaked past State Sen. Steve Buehrer (R-Delta) and his conservative PAC support by only 2,649 votes, and as Earl noted the filing deadline for the 2008 primary is coming right up. When this race started I thought Latta was a lock. Those Club for Growth polls showed Buehrer gaining and he did, although not quite enough. Next year's primary campaign will be longer. Latta will celebrate today, but how well will he sleep tonight? Not only does he have the December 11th special election to worry about, there's another nasty primary on the horizon. Brutal. Despite the ugliness of the GOP primary and the appearance of low voter interest, the total GOP vote count of 73,251 dwarfed the Democratic turnout of

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