During the month of September, I was interviewed for a TV news piece with the local Fox News affiliate WLIO. The reporter asked me what my chances were. I responded with Ohio’s state motto: “All things are possible with God.” … Continue reading
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I’ve picked a 75-mile radius to campaign in on nights and weekends in Northwest, Ohio. [And we’re asking our supports to do the same in their areas.] Last Saturday I stopped, first, at a Pilot Truck Stop about five miles … Continue reading
Did some more traveling on Ohio’s back roads last weekend… In Lisbon, Ohio, I stumped at the Steel Car Trolley Diner. I also noticed the menu featured a Cleveland Browns Burger, as it featured a Ben Rothils’burger’ (Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback). … Continue reading
Some more vignettes from our recent Buckeye Back Roads Tour: In Beaverdam, Ohio (Well, if you don’t carry Beaverdam, you’re not going to carry the country.), I put up a campaign flier at the local market. Then at Benroth Body … Continue reading
The last few days I’ve been going about Bluffton, Ohio (pop. 3,875), putting our new flier up on various bulletin boards (coffee shop, laundromat…). And we’re asking our supporters to do the same in their towns, counties, etc. Amidst the … Continue reading
I talked with Matt Arnold today. He and his family were missionaries in Chihua Chihua, Mexico, for 17 years. They worked with indigenous people in the rural areas there. He said it’s not “African poverty,” but the poverty there is … Continue reading
The campaign continues… This last week, Liz and I met with Debbie and Kevin Moore. They were missionaries in Madagascar for 17 years. Madagascar is the 4th largest island in the world, and the 10th poorest country. Although quite close … Continue reading
Catching up on the week… I’ve been cloistered in “campaign headquarters” working on position papers for our stances on foreign policy, and on gun rights. That’s what happens when you don’t have much of a staff, you actually end up … Continue reading
Catching up on the last week… I talked with Bluffton College Education Professor Paul Weaver. Every year he goes down to the country of Colombia as part of a Christian Peace Keeper Team. Amidst the violence there, he and other … Continue reading
Catching up on our last week in Ohio… We’ve come to farm country near the mid-western border of Ohio for a pit stop. This afternoon I was out in a barn putting up bales of hay… Earlier in … Continue reading