TAVARAS ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY--State Rep. Charleta Tavares, D-Columbus, gestures as she waits to announce her candidacy for Secretary of State, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998. To the left of Tavares is U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, to her right is House Minority Leader Ross Boggs, D-Andover.