Gillmor’s wife to run?

So reports the Dispatch:

One day after the death of U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, a number of high-profile Republicans emerged as possible candidates for his Ohio seat, including his wife, Karen, state Rep. Robert E. Latta of Bowling Green and state Sen. Stephen Buehrer of Delta.

That’s happened before, notably with Sonny Bono’s House seat and with Mel Carnahan, who as a dead person defeated eventual US A.G. John Ashcroft for a US Senate seat for Missouri- of course everyone knew that Jean Carnahan would be taking over.

I don’t like this. Politics is becoming increasingly hereditary, unfortunately. Bush, Kennedy, and Gore all have their dynasties- and now the Clintons are attempting to establish a family brand. It’s rather undemocratic- but many of us are voting for them.

UPDATE: This blog is reporting that Karen Gillmor won’t be running (via Jeff Coryell).

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2 comments on “Gillmor’s wife to run?”

Posted by Ohio 15th | Sep 7, 2007 4:35 pm
Karen Gillmor worked in the Taft administration. Paul and Karen Gillmor did not live live in his own district, but in Dublin, Ohio.
Posted by Layla | Jul 25, 2008 2:45 pm
It will be interesting to see who will fill in and if they do a great job.

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