One of the last House races to be decided last year was in Ohio's 15th Congressional District, which includes much of the Western suburbs of Columbus. After waiting weeks for all of the provisional ballots to be counted, Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy (D) was declared the winner over State Sen. Steve Stivers (R) by a 2311 vote margin-with a pro-life Independent candidate pulling over 12000 votes. Stivers formally announced that he will run for the seat again next year, and that makes this one of the top pickup opportunities for the Republicans. The Republicans view Kilroy as a weak candidate-she was expected to beat Deborah Pryce in 2006 but came up short, and she won only 46% of the vote last year in a district that gave Obama 53%. But Democrats counter that this district is rapdily trending Democratic and attack Stivers for his time as a bank lobbyist.
Significant►SLIGHT ADVANTAGE FOR KILROY.
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