COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two Libertarian Party candidates, including the party's chairman, and a team from the Green Party have qualified as write-in candidates for the statewide primary election with the hope of reaching the November ballot. <\/p>\n
The Green Party's Anita Rios and Bob Fitrakis filed as write-ins for the gubernatorial race. Rios is the candidate for governor, while Fitrakis is her lieutenant governor running mate. <\/p>\n
Rios, of Toledo, previously has run for local offices in that city and for U.S. Senate in 2012. Fitrakis, from Columbus, ran as a Green Party candidate for governor in 2006 and for Congress in 2012. <\/p>\n
Republican Gov. John Kasich and Libertarian Charlie Earl are unopposed in the May primary. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and Larry Ealy of suburban Dayton both filed as Democratic candidates. <\/p>\n
Bob Bridges of Columbus filed as a Libertarian candidate for state auditor. Bridges is the political director for the Libertarian Party of Ohio. <\/p>\n
Republican Auditor Dave Yost and Democratic state Rep. John Patrick Carney qualified for the primary ballot and are unopposed. <\/p>\n
Kevin Knedler, the state chairman for the Libertarian Party, filed to run as secretary of state. <\/p>\n
Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted and Democratic state Sen. Nina turner both qualified for the primary ballot and are unopposed. <\/p>\n
In all three contests, the Green and Libertarian parties had filed petitions with the Ohio secretary of state by the Feb. 5 filing deadline to place candidates on the May primary ballot. But each of those candidates failed to have the required 500 valid signatures from registered voters to qualify. <\/p>\n
These candidates will have to reach that 500 vote threshold to qualify for the November ballot, said Matt McClellan, Husted's press secretary. <\/p>\n
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