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To: SiouxPal who wrote (88166)	11/13/2006 3:09:13 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362296

I like Hackett. A very good name for a respiratory therapist.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (88166)	11/13/2006 3:24:51 PM
From: zonkie	Respond to of 362296

Hackett lost to Schmidt in a special election in 2005. He lost by 3.5% in a district which junior got over 60% of the vote and is over 60% repug. Maybe this isn't the race I was thinking the dems had pulled their support in......... from wikipedia....... "Hackett on October 24, 2005, announced he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent United States Senator Mike DeWine after rejecting a second run against Schmidt. Sherrod Brown, a congressman from northern Ohio and two-term Ohio Secretary of State, had rejected efforts by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit him to the race in the summer of 2005 and had on August 17 publicly declared he would not run. But after Hackett's announcement, Brown changed his mind and declared he would run, angering Hackett who claimed Brown had promised him he would stay out of the race, a claim Brown denies. On February 13, 2006, Hackett announced that he was withdrawing from the race and ending his political career. Hackett told the New York Times that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and New York Senator Chuck Schumer recently had asked him to withdraw. He further contends that Schumer sabotaged his fundraising efforts and actively worked against his campaign [3]. Hackett said, "For me, this is a second betrayal...first, my government misused and mismanaged the military in Iraq, and now my own party is afraid to support candidates like me." [4] On March 14th, 2006, he appeared on an episode of The Daily Show on a segment which satirized the mainstream Democratic Party's criticism of Hackett. One issue Hackett faced in his campaign is the status of his Marine Corps Reserve unit, which may deploy back to Iraq during the campaign. Hackett had said he expected to return to Iraq in 2006. [5] Hackett has since patched things up with Brown and backs him for Senate. [6] [edit] No rematch against Schmidt Following the exit from the Senate race, Hackett declined to enter the race for the Democratic nomination in the 2nd Congressional District against Jean Schmidt, because he promised the Democratic candidates in that race that he would not run. As a result a number of candidates threw their names into the race, and Hackett wanted to keep his promise. Therefore, on May 2, Victoria Wulsin (who came second to Hackett in the 2005 Democratic primary to fill the vacancy caused by Portman's resignation) won the Democratic primary to challenge Schmidt. On May 8, The Cincinnati Enquirer speculated on the possibility that Wulsin would drop out, and allow Hackett to run in her place. This scenario did not occur, so there was no rematch. In the Democratic victory of November 7, 2006, Schmidt defeated Wulsin by less than 1.5%, pointing to the high probability that Hackett could have defeated Schmidt in a rematch." en.wikipedia.org