That's kind of unfortunate since Ryan & Sutton were shown doing better in the polls than FitzGerald mostly due to knowledge throughout Ohio of the candidates. I could imagine that besides her withdrawing from the race is not only so that FitzGerald can get a head start on his campaigning throughout the state as the presumptive nominee, but also she might be thinking of running for her old Congressional seat again in 2014. On the other hand, though, it could be helpful because with FitzGerald coming from Cuyahoga, there will be more voters ready to vote for him from this state, and if he does what Strickland did, sweep the north and the southeast, and he has a potential opportunity at winning this thing if Kasich's approval rating hopefully decreases up until then.
I doubt FitzGerald will be able to replicate Strickland's numbers in the SE. Strickland was a special case there because that's his home base. However, FitzGerald will likely do better than Strickland in NE Ohio. For a Democrat, Strickland did pretty terrible in NE Ohio.
