The Dann slot factor
Taking time on Dann slot
Published:Friday, May 16, 2008
An attorney general candidate must be selected by Aug. 19.
YOUNGSTOWN — As governor, Ted Strickland makes hundreds of appointments.
Just last week, he made appointments to the Ohio Community Service Council, the State Medical Board, the Partnership for Continued Learning, and the State Board of Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, among others.
But during his 16-plus months as governor, he faces perhaps his most important appointment decision — who will replace Marc Dann, a Liberty Democrat, as the state’s new attorney general.
Strickland, a Democrat formerly from Lisbon, started considering replacements shortly after Dann resigned Wednesday.
The governor doesn’t have a time line or a deadline for making the appointment, said Keith Dailey, his spokesman.
Those close to Strickland say the governor may take up to a month or possibly longer to select Dann’s replacement.
With Dann’s resignation, Tom Winters, first assistant attorney general, has the authority of the attorney general until Strickland selects a replacement.
The governor also must decide if he’ll pick a caretaker to run the office or select someone who would be the incumbent as the Democratic Party’s attorney general candidate in the Nov. 4 election to fill the remainder of Dann’s term. Dann’s unexpired term runs through January 2011.
The Democrats and Republicans will select a candidate to run for the rest of Dann’s term no later than 4 p.m. Aug. 19.
Also, those wanting to run as independents need nominating petitions with at least 750 valid signatures to get on the ballot.
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