OH: Strickland, Regula hit parade circuit in 16th CD
2:12 PM
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and departing Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula both joined their favored 16th Congressional District candidates at this weekend's bicentennial parade in Wooster.
Strickland appeared on behalf of Dem John Boccieri and Regula joined Republican Kirk Schuring. Both men are campaigining to fill Regula's seat in the U.S. House.
Wooster Mayor Bob Breneman told Politicker.com that both campaigns were late additions to the parade participation list:
"We did have some late entries into the parade that we weren't necessarily anticipating," he said. "The governor was one of them and he had let us know last Sunday that his schedule had changed and that he had decided to be a part of the parade. And that's wonderful. That's great for our town to have someone of the governor's position to come to Wooster and be a part of our parade. ... Since Boccieri is definitely in a contested race this fall, we felt it only right to extend that same type of offering out to Kirk Schuring -- if he wanted to be a member in somebody else's car, because we weren't allowing political candidates to be a dominating force in the parade.See blogger Kyle Kutuchief's pictures from the parade
