Blackwell is a two-term Secretary of State and one term Treasurer of Ohio, among other positions in Washington and in Cincinnati that he has held in the past, so he's hardly a "token" candidate. If anything, he was the best choice.
Good point. I don't think I'd consider Swann or Steele as "token" candidates either.
Steele is an insanely tokenist candidate. Swann not as much.
Steele has served a four year term as Lt. Governor and was state GOP chairman before that. How much political experience does a Black Conservative need to stop being a token (to folks like you) and start becoming an individual?
The bigotry from the left is amazing.