1.   And statewide candidates are itching to get back into it.

2.   Both Indian tribes, thanks to their casinos, are new to high-dollar contributions to statewide candidates.

3.   A lawyer here said he was stunned recently when an operative for a statewide candidate actually suggested that his campaign was considering rejecting contributions from tobacco companies.

4.   But as large as that number sounds, it pales alongside the commercial barrages unleashed by other statewide candidates in recent years.

5.   But Ohio political history shows that statewide candidates often have to run and lose before they have the name recognition to win.

6.   Citizens can already look at paper campaign reports for statewide candidates at individual election offices in each state.

7.   Dannemeyer suggested an end to all political ads on TV, and requiring TV stations to give free time to statewide candidates.

8.   Davis is an experienced statewide candidate who knows how to pick up crossover votes of his own.

9.   Earlier this week, a state judge refused to exempt Stern from a law requiring all statewide candidates to file a financial disclosure form with the ethics agency.

10.   He also is untested as a statewide candidate.