Candidates from Ohio Governorial Mike Dewine and Richard Cordray faced on Wednesday during the first debate at the University of Dayton.
Dwine problems, the Republican Prosecutor General and Cordray, his democratic claimant, undertook during an hour debate, which was a clear contrast.
Dewine presented Cordray as incompetent, while Cordray, a former head of the consumer finance office, painted Dewin as a professional politician who in the past failed voters and is associated with special interests and an antiquated way of thinking.
“You live in the past and you still live in the past,” Cordray accused after Dewine raised some problems related to the legalization of recreational marijuana. “Marijuana has been legalized in many states and worked on these problems,” he added. “When I go to vote, I will vote for this.”
Marijuana was not the only problem with drugs.
Cordray hit Dewine for servicing the opioid epidemic in Ohio, which hit the state particularly difficult.
“You have been responsible for this opioid crisis for the past eight years,” said Cordray. “We would listen to you to listen to Captain Titanic.”
Dewine took the opportunity to attack Cordray in support of number 1, which would weaken Ohio drugs, allowing the dealer carrying 19 grams of fentanyl – to kill 10,000 people – with an offense and lack of prison time.
“Absolutely amazing, Richard. Absolutely amazing, ”said Dewine. “When you left the office of the Prosecutor General, we already had a drug crisis. You did nothing. “
Cordray also said that he would veto an account for a heartbeat, which would prohibit abortion after detecting the heartbeat of the Republican governor John Kasich vetoed in 2016. “He said it would sign it,” Cordray said about the Pro Life position as Dwine. . “This is a fundamental difference between us.”
“I think that the government exists to protect the most sensitive people,” said Dewine. “This includes both the unborn and born. I think that in the case of every woman in restless pregnancy we have to work with her, we must lend a hand her, we must give her all possible lend a hand. “
After pressing to take a specific position or sign the heartbeat account, Dewine said that he would do it.
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Talking to reporters after the debate, Dewine discussed the drastic difference between him and Cordray.
“He talked a lot, but there is a real difference between us,” he said. “You can compare what I did as a general prosecutor and what he did as a general prosecutor. We completed the task. “
Cordray also emphasized his differences during a conversation with reporters.
“We wanted to paint the contrast between me and Mike Dewine,” he said at a press conference after the debate. “For 42 years on the side of corporate interests and special interests and I was someone who fought the same interests. There is a really clear division between us and we really wanted to explain it to people. “
The race is currently tossed, from Cordray by 1.6 points, according to Realclearpolitics Average polls.
