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...In the State of Ohio there is one such remarkable person who I have known for a couple of decades. He is getting ready to run for Governor of Ohio. His name is Ken Blackwell. He is serving as Secretary of State of Ohio, after having served two successful terms as State Treasurer. The few Blacks who have been elected as Republicans, either to the U.S. Congress or to State Legislatures, win with almost all White votes. Ken Blackwell is a Black man, who received 50% or more of the Black vote in his latest run a couple of years...

(INDIANAPOLIS, January 10th, 2005, 11:30 a.m.) -- Mitch Daniels was sworn in Monday as Indiana's 49th governor, and planned to pledge bold action to help revive Indiana's economy and tackle state government's pressing fiscal problems. "It's time to raise a new barn in Indiana, a new, stronger structure to house new tools and to make possible a far richer future harvest," Daniels planned to say in prepared remarks after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice Randall Shepard. Although he already has revealed much of his legislative agenda, and planned to sign several executive orders after the ceremony Monday,...