Talk:Ohio's 2nd congressional district special election, 2005

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Could something be mentioned about the nasty ads that are running in the primary? Im from a different state, but live in a TV market that gets these commercials. I do not know enough about Ohio politics to really elaborate. Youngamerican 17:17, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Rest assured, I'm getting to that. My first priority was to start articles on all the candidates. I have notes on the ads and campaign mailings that I intend to add. And there are articles from the Enquirer, Post, and Daily News to include. Alas, by the time I get this where I want it, the primary will be over. PedanticallySpeaking 13:49, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

Good work, this should be nominated for featured article at some point. Youngamerican 19:00, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

On the night of this election, there were some delays in reporting from Schmidt's home county, where she pulled ahead in what was before that an razor thin race. This was purportedly due to "humidity" causing problems with the central-count ballot system. While the Hackett campaign decided not to press into an investigation, it did make local media (already a hot spot for articles on election irregularities,) and kept a lot of the political blogoshpere up into the wee hours. Speculation of course ran wild online, especially since the delayed precincts turned up more heavily weighted towards Schmidt than those in that same county which were reported earlier. It might be worth mentioning as a highlight of the election night. (Example of local media coverage: http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1398 Example of election night blogosphere activity: http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/8/2/22186/93438) (71.195.130.159 05:39, 3 January 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Polling numbers

Are there any poll numbers we can add to the page? I was thinking some poll numbers like the ones I put on the page for the New York City mayoral election, 2005. --Blue387 18:53, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

No, there aren't. No public polls were run because of the unpredictability of a low-turnout special election, and because the election didn't have much visibility until the last couple weeks. There were internal polls, but those, of course, are unreleased. Aerion//talk 02:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)