The Ohio Republican Party has voted to endorse Attorney General Mike DeWine as their gubernatorial candidate. DeWine鈥檚 running against Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, who had very strong words for how the endorsement process went down.
Taylor started her contentious speech to the Republican state central committee by referring to the conference hall as 鈥淢ike DeWine鈥檚 living room鈥� and followed with burn after burn saying the endorsement was a coronation.
Taylor says Ohioans don鈥檛 want the party establishment making their choice for them.
鈥淭his absolutely represents the good ole鈥� boy career politician establishment that wants to have things their way,鈥� says Taylor.
DeWine says he was sad to hear the comments and counters that his team has a good idea of what Ohioans want.
鈥淲e know what the challenges are. No one鈥檚 traveled this state more than Jon Husted and Mike DeWine have.鈥�
In the end, the committee voted to endorse DeWine by a vote of 59-2.
Taylor says the next challenge is getting DeWine to agree to a debate.
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