Ohio Elections Commission hearing was today, charges against Aftab were DISMISSED. He did have to pay a $100 fine because of a clerical error (money to pay for a photographer was paid from the wrong account.) Definitely not the results COAST and Chabot wanted though.
https://twitter.com/Enquirer/status/1058112696879587328
Absolutely not. He needs to go back to the CoC's office and sit quiet for another term and a half.
Agreed. At the very least he needs to wait until after redistricting. He'd have no issue winning in 2022 if Trump wins a second term, otherwise 2024 would be his best shot. Honestly he might be able to win in 2022 even with a Democrat holding the presidency if the new district is favorable enough, but why push it?
He could also run for mayor or county prosecutor if he's interested. But those aren't the best paths to statewide office so he'll probably pass on those. Too bad, I hate Sittenfeld and Deters.
He’d have competition with Zach Klein down the line, but if Aftab ran for County Prosecutor it wuld be a decent launchig pad to Attorney General.
As long as he stays out of the muck that is city politics. There's no way to come out of that looking good in Cincinnati.
I don't see Klein beating Aftab in a primary. Maybe that's my Cincinnati bias but that's how I see it.
Klein would steamroll Pureval; it wouldn’t even be close. Tbh, Pureval is damaged goods at this point. He blew a very winnable race by making some pretty dumb mistakes. The idea that his comeback path (if he has one) will run through a law enforcement office even though part of how he blew the race was by breaking the law strikes me as problematic (to say the least). I mean, it’s being blown out of proportion, but it is a legit scandal. Pureval isn’t the victim of a witchhunt, he gave Chabot a club to whack him over the head with. And folks aren’t just gonna clear a path for him in the primary when that heavily Democratic HamCo seat gets created.
I don’t think Pureval has much of a future in statewide or congressional politics anymore (and even if he did, he wasn’t going to beat Klein even before he his congressional bid), barring a wave save on Election Day. He could definitely have a solid career in HamCo Democratic politics if he keeps his head down and does solid work for the rest of his term as CoC. Pureval isn’t a rising star anymore and he also hasn’t run a terribly impressive campaign despite a strong start and a perfect political environment.
