Polls last week showed Ken Blackwell winning the Republican primary for Ohio Governor in a landslide, 50% to 29%.
I guess a lot of people were scared by Blackwell's far right religious rhetoric. He'll win anyway, but this is a lot closer than the polls suggested:
Governor (49% Precincts Reporting)
J. Kenneth Blackwell GOP 213,635 54.95%
Jim Petro GOP 175,125 45.05%
Too bad, too. Petro's not my favorite person, but he seems a decent sort for a Republican, and a race between two centrist candidates might have made for a campaign about real issues.
Instead, we've got a centrist Democrat against a far right bible-thumper. Good for the Democrats, bad for the state as a whole.
