POST CLUTCH
Needless to say, yesterday was not a good day for Ohio’s working families, teachers, and public schools. Low turnout, discouragement with the top of the ticket, and a lack of commitment and activism by those most negatively impacted by the current state policies all contributed to the dismal results. What’s next? The “test and punish” policies directed at teachers and public schools will continue; under-performing charter schools will continue to operate opaquely with no accountability; there will be no fix to the inadequate and inequitable system of school funding; and we can expect more attacks on our Union rights.
We have to wonder what kind of wake-up call (i.e. Senate Bill 5) it will take to rally our members and Ohio’s working families to look after their own interests. It is difficult to spent time on a campaign with all of the other pressures of our jobs. Unfortunately, things will not get better by themselves.
In Solidarity,
Ari Klein
CHTU President
Ohio Governor Ed FitzGerald | LOST |
Ohio Secretary of State | |
Nina Turner | LOST |
Ohio Auditor John Patrick Carney | LOST |
Ohio Treasurer | |
Connie Pillich | LOST |
Ohio Attorney General David Pepper | LOST |
Ohio Supreme Court | |
Tom Letson John O'Donnell | LOST LOST |
Ohio Senate | |
13 Gayle Manning (Huron and Lorain counties) 21 Sandra Williams (Cuyahoga County) | WON WON |
23 Mike Skindell (Cuyahoga County) 25 Kenny Yuko (Cuyahoga and Lake counties) | WON WON |
Ohio House | |
6 Anthony Fossaceca (Cuyahoga County) 8 Kent Smith (Cuyahoga County) | LOST WON |
9 Janine Boyd (Cuyahoga County) 13 Nickie Antonio (Cuyahoga County) | WON WON |
15 Nicholas Celebrezze (Cuyahoga County) 16 Todd LeVeck (Cuyahoga County) | WON LOST |
34 Emilia Sykes (Summit County) 36 Paula Prentice (Summit County) | WON LOST |
37 David Worhatch (Summit County) 38 Tim Crawford (Summit, Stark counties) | LOST LOST |
60 John Rogers (Lake County) 61 Rick Walker (Lake County) | WON LOST |
75 Kathleen Clyde (Portage County) 99 John Patterson (Ashtabula, Geauga counties) | WON WON |
State Bd. Of Ed. | |
5 Roslyn Painter-Goffi | WON |
7 Michael Charney | LOST |