Republican Steve Chabot used to represent Ohio鈥檚 First District in Congress until he was unseated by incumbent Rep. Steve Driehaus (D) in 2008.
Now he鈥檚 trying for a comeback with tea party support. The conservative Mr. Chabot has been a key speaker at local tea party events, to the point where his opponent is trying to use that against him, running ads that say Chabot 鈥渨on鈥檛 stand up to the tea party.鈥� But Chabot, in turn, is hammering Representative Driehaus on his support for President Obama鈥檚 health-care reform legislation.
Right now this generally conservative district of western Cincinnati and its suburbs is leaning toward re-employing Chabot this fall.
