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O'Brien To Face Re-Election Opponent For First Time In 16 Years

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 17, 2015 at 6:53 AM EST
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Republican Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien will have a Democratic challenger for the first time in 16 years. O'Brien will run for re-election against Democratic Columbus City Council member Zach Klein next November. Klein won re-election last November.  Republicans are criticizing Klein for a lack of experience and for abandoning his City Hall seat. Klein is a former assistant Ohio Attorney General, a former special assistant U.S. attorney and an attorney in private practice. Green Party candidate Bob Fitrakis also filed to run.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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