NY Times:
It may still be a year until Ohio holds its congressional primary for the 2008 general election, but Democrats in the Columbus-centered 15th District already know they might have to choose between two county commission colleagues angling to challenge Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce, who was narrowly re-elected last November to her eighth term.
Will Democrats again opt for Mary Jo Kilroy, who nearly defeated Pryce in 2006, and who announced last Thursday that she will run again in 2008? Or will party voters opt for Paula Brooks — like Kilroy a Franklin County (Columbus) commissioner — who is exploring a run for the seat?
CQPolitics.com interviewed Kilroy last Thursday afternoon, shortly after her campaign issued a statement saying that she intended to run again in 2008 after losing to Pryce by 1,062 votes last November. In that interview, Kilroy said that she wanted to build on the momentum from her 2006 campaign and accused Pryce of continuing to vote in lockstep with President Bush....
.....The National Republican Congressional Committee has said that it expects Pryce to win again in 2008, pointing to her survival in a strongly anti-Republican political environment in which the GOP was hurt by scandals involving some prominent Ohio Republicans.
Even though both Ohio GOP big macher, Robert Bennett and the NRCC think Pryce is unbeatable, you never know what could happen. If Pryce continues her poor attendance record in Congress and refuses to budge on ending the war, the citizens of Ohio's 15th congressional district may just throw her out of office. Never underestimate the power of a dissatisfied constituency!