Sinnard jumps from one uphill battle to another

Looks like Victoria Wulsin and Steve Black will have the field all to themselves in the 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary this year.



Anderson Township Democrat Jeff Sinnard had been all set for a third try for the 2nd District nomination, despite the fact that his first two attempts were less than a roaring success - dead last both times, with two percent of the vote in the June 2005 special primary and five percent in the May 2006 primary.



Party leaders apparently took Sinnard - a civil engineer by profession - off to the side and convinced him that Wulsin and Black were the candidates with all the money and name recognition and that his odds of breaking into double figures this time around have names - "slim" and "none."



But they found another nice race for Sinnard. Caleb Faux, the Hamilton County Democratic Party's executive director, said Sinnard will be the party's candidate in the 34th Ohio House District, now occupied by State Rep. Tom Brinkman, who is term-limited out and who recently jumped in the 2nd District GOP race.



If Sinnard thought running in a 2nd District Democratic primary was tough, wait until he gets a load of this one - he's running now in one of the most Republican districts in the state, one which includes Anderson Township, Mount Washington, Mount Lookout, Hyde Park and Norwood.



On the Republican side, Anderson Township trustee Russ Jackson has taken out petitions to run for Brinkman's seat; and GOP lawyer Greg Delev is already blanketing the district with yard signs.