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Sun Aug 11, 2019, 05:34 AM Aug 2019

Kathy Wyenandt: Meet the Democrat who wants to challenge Candice Keller in Senate race

FAIRFIELD TWP., Ohio – She never said her name.

She didn’t have to. She said enough about a “culture of toxicity” and “toxic extremism” to make her point – one the Democrat hopes will help in an overwhelmingly Republican district.

In an interview a day before announcing her candidacy for Ohio Senate, Kathy Wyenandt spoke about her farmhouse, which she bought last year and serves as her campaign headquarters. She spoke about issues with school funding, which is what initially led her down a rabbit-hole of politics. She spoke about guns.

And, of course, she spoke about Dayton. That meant speaking about state Rep. Candice Keller, too.

Wyenandt had been doing a lot of talking on Thursday. Her campaign scheduled interview after interview with reporters to drum up publicity for a never-elected candidate who knows she is facing an uphill battle.

Read more: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/08/09/kathy-wyenandt-meet-democrat-who-wants-challenge-candice-keller-senate-race/1954587001/

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