OH-01: Democrats land top recruit to challenge Steve Chabot
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National Democrats probably have landed a big Cincinnati recruit in their quest to take back the U.S. House this year.
Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval requested donors support him if he runs for U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot’s, R-Westwood, seat in November and told them he intends to jump in the race.
“I think it’s happening,” said a person familiar with the calls Pureval has made who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
A Pureval spokeswoman declined to comment.
Pureval is a first-tier candidate for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District, but unseating Chabot, who has served all but two of the last 23 years in the seat, will be a tremendous political challenge. Pureval also will have to beat two Democrats in the primary – Rabbi Robert Barr and Michele Young, who ran for the seat two years ago.
https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/01/27/pureval-tells-donors-he-intends-to-run-for-chabots.html
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