Every election night has surprises, it seems. However perhaps one of the weirder results of Tuesday’s primaries was William R. Smith’s apparent victory in his run for the Democratic nomination in Ohio’s 2nd District. Smith spent no money, did no campaigning, and community Democrats never spoke to him.Smith, a 61-year-ancient extended-distance truck driver from Pike County, beat outside David Krikorian by a margin of 59 votes outside of just over 20,000 cast according to the unofficial results. The narrow result will likely trigger an automatic recount once the results are made official. (Ohio triggers an automatic recount if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 0.25 percent.)Smith ran in 2008 in the Democratic primary, also apparently spending no money, and won 12.5 percent of the ballot. Krikorian had run in the overwhelmingly Republican district twice before, in 2008 as a non-partisan candidate and losing the Democratic nomination in 2010.Glance at More…
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