Grassbaugh Earns Endorsement from Mansfield NewsJournal
In an editorial today, the Mansfield NewsJournal told readers to “vote for the Democrat in the 90th District,” Duane Grassbaugh. Impressed by Grassbaugh’s knowledge and effort to talk with township officials in the 90th District, the NewsJournal noted that “(Grassbaugh) believes relationships he has built in the community are more important in achieving common goals.” The newspaper cited several reasons for selecting Grassbaugh over Republican candidate Margaret Ann Ruhl, including this:
We like Grassbaugh’s youthful energy and commitment to work with other government officials and citizens to build a sustainable economy on the district’s natural resources foundation. That this is his third run for office — after 2004 and 2006 — tells us that he’s been thinking about district issues for a while and didn’t just wake up one morning and decide to seek public office because it was a slow day in the dairy barn.
Grassbaugh has, indeed, taken a serious grassroots approach to campaigning in 2008. When he isn’t working on his 1,200-acre dairy farm, he is knocking on doors, canvassing throughout Knox, Ashland, Richland, and Morrow counties. He has also talked with all 46 townships in the district.
In their endorsement, the NewsJournal’s editors concluded, “Grassbaugh is better equipped to serve the district’s rural constituents.”
