The Hill News

Democrat Ted Strickland lost his bid for reelection as Ohio’s governor last week. He wasn’t alone. The Ohio U.S. Senate seat went to Bushie Rob Portman; Republicans took five U.S. House seats from the Democrats; Republicans gained control of both houses of the swing state’s Legislature. The once-a-decade gerrymandering (er, redistricting), set to start next year, will do no favors for the Democrats. Oh, and the presumed next Speaker of the House â€" Cincinnati Republican John Boehner.

The state’s defeated Democrats will soon be cleaning out their desks. One wonders if Strickland still has the oversized HILLARY button he wore during the 2008 primaries, when he was fervently in her camp.

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