Jean Schmidt, Ohio GOP Congresswoman, Loses Primary To Brad Wenstrup

CINCINNATI -- An Iraq war veteran and former contender for Cincinnati mayor has defeated U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt in Ohio's Republican primary.

Schmidt called Army combat surgeon Brad Wenstrup to concede just before midnight Tuesday. Wenstrup held a 6-point lead with 99 percent of precincts reporting in the four-way race.

Democrat William Smith led the Democratic primary to oppose Wenstrup in the southern Ohio district that stretches east from Cincinnati into Appalachia.

Schmidt was first elected in a 2005 special election and is in her fourth term.

Wenstrup was an unsuccessful nominee in the Cincinnati mayoral race in which Democrat Mark Mallory won re-election in 2009. He said he wants to change government, cut spending and empower small businesses.

Comments

[pat k]

09:04 PM on 03/09/2012

Isn't William Smith the guy who didn't campaign, and practically no one has any clue who he is? Maybe he's on to something here.

[Torn Pec]

07:34 AM on 03/09/2012

The headline of this article read, republican congresswoman, GOES DOWN!

where is the outrage?

[walkerhds]

06:14 PM on 03/09/2012

over?

[callitlikeitis]

07:22 PM on 03/09/2012

You have to read between the lines.........

[ecwagner]

08:45 PM on 03/09/2012

It was overtaken by the joyful shout of others over Jean Schmidt losing the GOP primary in Ohio.

[Old Grady]

10:27 AM on 03/08/2012

A Republican lost.
A Republican won.
Let's celebrate.
Wait a minute, I, er, we, er, they, uhh... OK, OK let's just celebrate the "A Republican Lost " part. Yeah, that feels good -- let's go with that.

[lchickh]

09:34 AM on 03/08/2012

Praise the Lord again, lets get rid of more of them. Thank you God, my prayers are being answered.

[janicedow1]

09:16 AM on 03/08/2012

Judging by the PAC that supported him, it sounds like one birther has been replaced by someone who may be just as far out there.

[richyalf]

08:25 AM on 03/08/2012

Is she going to "cut and run" or run as an independent?

[Torn Pec]

07:56 AM on 03/08/2012

And HP can run a Headline "GOP Congress Woman Goes Down" and of course no one will call you on the carpet.

Nice double stadard

[Goddess Athena]

09:43 AM on 03/08/2012

I was thinking the same thing. This is NOT a good choice for the headline.

[liberal07]

09:02 PM on 03/08/2012

I would have not used that phrase. Extremely poor taste.

[walkerhds]

06:14 PM on 03/09/2012

for?

[fgbouman]

07:55 AM on 03/08/2012

The U.S. is center- wrong nation. Confronted with choices, one-by-one, Americans resoundingly make the progressive choice. It is only when they are alked if they are Liberal or conservative that they say they are conservative.

[CarlB6979]

08:19 AM on 03/08/2012

How do you explain Kucinich's loss(not sure I spelled his name right)? He is very liberal, or as liberals prefer progressive.

[Sue-in-Jersey]

08:55 AM on 03/08/2012

Kucinich is too uncompromising for many people. His positions attack the center.

[scottsdalebubbe]

09:29 AM on 03/08/2012

Kucinich was gerrymandered into a district with another liberal Democrat congress member so they would have to run against each other in the primary. The district consisted mostly of the congresswoman's district and the voters who usually vote for Kucinich were gerrymandered into another congressional district. Kucinich is someone we need in Congress as a counter balance to all the craziness. Today, progressives *are* the center.

[mpilkanis]

07:54 AM on 03/08/2012

The conceit that America is a "center-right" nation is just that, a conceit. In a free society there is no natural majority for conservatives. The bloviating regarding this alleged political leaning began after the 9-11 attacks, it was never heard in the media prior to that. The nation is, at best, 35 to 43% right-leaning and that is most definitely not a plurality.

[rt1027]

09:03 AM on 03/08/2012

"most definitely not a plurality. "really ......so you don't understand the word plurality.

a : the state of being plural b : the state of being numerous c : a large number or quantity

but thanks for playing

too funny

[mpilkanis]

07:22 PM on 03/08/2012

In politics, especially in political races, the word "plurality" refers to the group of voters of different blocs whose combined suport of one candidate or issue exceeds 50%. QED, no conservative majority, no center-right anything. A question for you: why are the biggest goofs always the biggest goofs?

[whyus]

07:53 AM on 03/08/2012

One down, many to go.

[realpragmatist]

07:34 AM on 03/08/2012

"GOP Congresswoman goes down". Looking at the headline, I thought she had a date with good 'ol Bill Clinton at the oval office. Way to go Huffington Po.

[PizzamanBiz]

08:19 AM on 03/08/2012

Yes, It's HuffPost's fault that your mind is in the gutter.

[Patrice Mersault]

07:24 AM on 03/08/2012

Polls show that Americans self-identify as Conservative over Liberal by a margin of 2 to 1.
Face it liberals, the USA is a Center-RIGHT nation.
No matter how much you want to fluff yourselves up, the majority of Americans are not on board with your agenda. You guys simply don't have what it takes to lead the free world.

[senseandnonsense]

07:29 AM on 03/08/2012

Where can we find these polls?

[thegreatdaveo]

05:27 PM on 06/29/2012

Only in her mind.

[Phillip Hyper]

07:35 AM on 03/08/2012

Do you play 'ockey?

[justmy2cintz]

07:19 AM on 03/08/2012

Unfortunate word choice on that front page headline.

[scottsdalebubbe]

09:32 AM on 03/08/2012

Hallucinate much?

[walkerhds]

06:18 PM on 03/09/2012

explains the grimace...

[QuantumofSilence]

07:04 AM on 03/08/2012

Expecting a GOP landslide in November?

[lmab]

06:59 AM on 03/08/2012

It's news when a GOP congresswoman goes down?

[Arashi]

07:16 AM on 03/08/2012

Thanks, I was hoping someone besides me would be tempted to make that grammatical observation.

[ardale]

07:37 AM on 03/08/2012

just practicing what they preach....birth control that doesn't cost the gubmint a dime...