Andrew Hounshell withdraws from Ohio 8th District race.

[sunwyn]

MIDDLETOWN —

The Middletown steelworker who wanted to dethrone U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner from his 8th Congressional District seat has decided against it because of conflicting interests.

Middletown native Andy Hounshell, 37, announced on his campaign website Sunday afternoon he is withdrawing from the race just two months after he announced his candidacy.

The time needed to run the campaign and the time he needed to give his family were beginning to compete, he said.

“As things started picking up and I had to invest more and more time, I just kept getting a stronger feeling that I was going to be a disservice for my family,” said Hounshell, who works at AK Steel and is the IAM Local 1943 vice president. “I needed to be there for them more than I was — and we hadn’t even started full-time fund-raising and campaigning.”


http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/news/middletown-man-withdraws-from-race-against-boehner/nX9nw/


Not sure what happened but it looks like my district will be forever stuck with Boehner.....sigh

[Laelth]

1. Bummer.

I voted against Boehner when he first ran for and won that seat in 1992, I think it was. I am sorry to see that he has stuck around so long. That district is not nearly as conservative as Boehner. The good people who live there deserve better.

-Laelth