RAGGED COATTAILS IN OHIO. Though top-ticket Democrats in Ohio have swept to victory, their coattails may not be long enough to make the gains the party was hoping for in the state's congressional delegation. Here are the numbers -- which we must take on faith from the website of outgoing Secretary of State Ken Blackwell -- in the four key House races. The only Democrat with a lead is Zack Space in the district of disgraced and just-resigned Congressman Bob Ney.
District 1
John Cranley D - 64,796 - 48.41%
Steve Chabot R - 69,058 - 51.59%District 2
Victoria Wulsin D - 103,160 - 49.21%
Jean Schmidt R - 106,414 - 50.76%District 15
Mary Jo Kilroy D - 91,565 - 49.76%
Deborah Pryce R - 92,435 - 50.23%District 18
Zack Space D - 98,103 - 61.45%
Joy Padgett R - 61,533 - 38.55%
--Jim McNeill
