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What's At Stake In First DeWine-Cordray Debate?

91.7 WVXU | By Howard Wilkinson
Published September 17, 2018 at 8:12 AM EDT
Democrat Richard Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine, meet Wednesday night in Dayton for their first of three scheduled debates in the race for Ohio governor.
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Democrat Richard Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine, meet Wednesday night in Dayton for their first of three scheduled debates in the race for Ohio governor.

The two major party candidates for Ohio governor, Democrat Richard Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine, meet Wednesday night in Dayton for their first of three scheduled debates before the Nov. 6 election.

Polling shows a race that is now a dead heat. How much does each candidate have at stake in this first debate?

WVXU politics reporter Howard Wilkinson spoke with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik about the debate and the race in general. Listen below, and tune in to 91.7 WVXU or 88.5 WMUB starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday night to hear the debate between the two candidates. 

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Howard Wilkinson
Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU News Team after 30 years of covering local and state politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio governor’s race since 1974 as well as 12 presidential nominating conventions. His streak continued by covering both the 2012 Republican and Democratic conventions for 91.7 WVXU. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots; the Lucasville Prison riot in 1993; the Air Canada plane crash at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983; and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. The Cincinnati Reds are his passion. "I've been listening to WVXU and public radio for many years, and I couldn't be more pleased at the opportunity to be part of it,” he says.
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