Actually there were several good conservatives running in the race; trouble is there were so many candidates. I actually walked and visited Repub voters one day for Brinkman.
Schmidt is a good conservative and pro life but a little shrill. On the other hand, McEwen is a polished pol who got caught up in the check kitting scandal years back and was booted out; he did not deserve to win. Brinkman is a very conservative state rep; almost a consitutionalist.
I would have preferred Brinkman, but Schmidt will do. Big news is that little philandering RINO Pat DeWine got his as kicked; so it was a great day.
It was a very low turnout (as expected); but I believe it was the last minute TV spots Monday night and Tuesday that clinched it for Schmidt. It seemed she saved her resources to the last minute for some well place TV spots. I did not think she would be the winner. I thought it would be between McEwen and Brinkman.
Thank you. I'd heard a lot of good about Brinkman and was rooting for him from a distance. The same good I heard about Brinkman was bad about Schmidt, but that was of course biased information. See also my post #22.
Thanks!