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Monday Politics Chat: What Will Connie Pillich's Departure Mean for Democratic Party?

Howard Wilkinson
WVXU file
Howard Wilkinson

WVXU politics reporter Howard Wilkinson talked with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik today about the departure of former state representative Connie Pillich as co-chair of the Hamilton County Democratic Party. Pillich is the new executive director of the National Association of Women Judges. Pillich was instrumental in raising the money needed for the success at the polls the Hamilton County Democrats enjoyed in the Nov. 6 election. Wilkinson says her fundraising prowess will be missed by the party. 

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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.