Here is an excerpt from the Dispatch: (note: I've highlighted his name in the articles.)
The Rev. Aaron Wheeler, pastor of the Mountaintop Missionary Baptist Church in Worthington, is contemplating a run for the 15th Congressional District seat that Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Upper Arlington, is vacating at the end of 2008.
Wheeler, a Republican who once managed the Cleveland office of former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, a Democrat, could not be reached yesterday, but he told friends in an e-mail that he probably will decide this week whether to enter the race.....
Who is Wheeler? Here are some tidbits found on the internet:
SPTimes: (10/16/2004)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -
........Although ministers and politicians have joined forces at campaign time for years, the religious involvement has intensified this year, observers say. Clergy are organizing voter registration drives, attending political events and making the election a regular topic of sermons......
....In Columbus, the Rev. Aaron Wheeler of the Mountaintop Missionary Baptist Church said a prayer before a speech by former President George Bush. "Before I pray, I just want to say I'm proud to be a Republican," Wheeler said.....
Toledo Blade: (4/23/2003)
Two upper-level state employees manipulated hiring decisions, influenced the selection of a consultant who received $25,000 for a 25-minute speech, and violated executive orders that Gov. Bob Taft issued, the state's anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday.
The investigation of Charles Wheeler and Ramona Swayne, deputy directors in the state Department of Administrative Services, will be referred to the Franklin County prosecutor for possible charges, said Inspector General Tom Charles.....
...Mr. Wheeler, whose brother, the Rev. Aaron Wheeler, was appointed by Mr. Taft to the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in 2000, resigned yesterday at the request of Scott Johnson, director of the state Department of Administrative Services. Ms. Swayne was placed on leave with pay. Her annual salary is $83,304.....
From the Free Press we can see that Wheeler worked closely with former Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell? How nice. Now we know that some of his views are to the right of Attila the Hun.
....Blackwell works the religious circuit, secretly meeting with a dozen or so ministers at Wilberforce University on May 31, including the influential Rev. Keith Troy of Columbus and Pastor Aaron Wheeler, Chair of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission....
Although Rev. Wheeler has no experience as an elected official, he apparently would be a good candidate for the extreme right wing of the Republican Party.