FRIENDY CROWD--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich, Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate, shakes hands with supporters as he departs on a four day campaign swing, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Sept. 14, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

STRANGE LOCATION--Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Mary Boyle speaks during a news conference attended by about a half-dozen reporters, where she received the Sierra Club's endorsement, in front of a replica of the Santa Maria, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAFT-O'CONNOR SLATE--Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Taft applauds as he introduces Summit County Prosecutor Maureen O'Connor as his running mate, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LIKE WHAT THEY SEE--Democratic gubernatorial nominee Lee Fisher, center, views flats containing over 50,000 signatures on petitions calling for the passage of the Fisher/Coleman Patients' Bill of Rights, prior to a news conference, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 25, 1998. Joining Fisher are House Minority Leader Ross Boggs, left, and Fisher's running mate Michael Coleman. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

GIVE PRIVATE PRISONS THE BOOT--Richard Cordray, Democratic candidate for Attorney General, gestures during a news conference, in front of the Rhodes Tower, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 29, 1998. Cordray was critical of opponent Betty Montgomery, Gov. George Voinovich, and the Republican controlled legislature. Cordray called for the closing of Youngstown's Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. Six inmates escaped from the controversial private prison last week, and since the facility opened in May of 1997 there have been 2 murders and 13 stabbings. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

HE WHO LAUGHS LAST--Former senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole shares a laugh with Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery, at the expense of Bill Clinton, during a news conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1998. Dole was in Ohio to raise funds for Montgomery's re-election campaign. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LOOKING FOR YOUNG VOTERS--Nine year-old Chad Spencer listens to his god-mother Rep. Charleta Tavares, the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, present her plan for increasing voter participation, during a news conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 1, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LIGHT-HEARTED REPUBLICANS--Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett, left; Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes; Ohio secretary of state candidate Ken Blackwell; and Retail Merchants Assoc. leader John Mahaney share a laugh during a Blackwell fundraiser in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, April 3, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)