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Little more than a week after he was reported to be lagging behind in the polls, State Sen. Steve Buehrer is reporting a lead in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives. Club for Growth, a Washington D.C-based political action committee announced the results of a poll yesterday. It shows Buehrer with a three-percentage point lead over his closest rival in the Republican primary for the 5th district congressional special election, State Rep. Bob Latta. The poll, conducted by the Washington-based Basswood Research, surveyed 300 likely Republican primary voters in the 5th district over the weekend and found that...

Washington – Today, the Club for Growth PAC endorsed Republican State Senator Steve Buehrer in the special election for Ohio’s fifth congressional district. Since his election to the Ohio State House in 1998, Senator Buehrer has demonstrated a pro-growth record steeped in principle and courage. In 2003, he voted against Republican Governor Bob Taft’s budget, which included the largest tax hike in state history and a 10% increase in spending. Even though Buehrer suffered retaliation from his Republican colleagues for his 2003 stand, he didn’t waver two years later, opposing the second largest tax hike in Ohio history in 2005....