Lorain County endorsements guide local election choices
The Lorain Chronicle Telegram endorses candidates for president to county offices and issues. It backs Bush for president, Voinovich for Senate, Pease for Congress, Matia and George for state seats, Reece over Cook, Barr and Lochner for state houses, Nagy for Common Pleas, Basinski for Domestic Relations, Yingling for county commissioner, Jacoby for re election, White for prosecuting attorney, Essex for recorder, Talarek for treasurer, Thomas for coroner, and supports Issue 1 levy for mental retardation services and the Elyria income tax renewal to fund city operations.
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George Bush
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Don J. Pease
Oberlin
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Paul Matia
Westlake
Ohio Senate
Joyce J. George
Akron
John W. Reece
Deborah Cook
Reece
Summit County
Cook
John V. Barr
Hannah Lochner
Martha W. Wise
Common Pleas
Robert A. Nagy
Russell A. Sherman
Nagy
Ed Zaleski
Sherman
Lynett McGough
Frank Janik
David A. Basinski
Family Court
Henry T. Webber
Joseph C. Zieba
Neil P. Yingling
Leonard Reichlin
Herbert J. Jacoby
Gregory A. White
Dorothy L. Essex
Daniel J. Talarek
J. Grant Keys
Robert
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