As I predicted on this site awhile back, Jean Schmidt has won the endorsement of the Brown County Republican Party. In endorsing Schmidt, Brown County joins with Adams, Clermont, and Scioto counties in backing the incumbent, conservative Republican.Mark says he was shocked, but I had a feeling about this one. Team Schmidt has been working in Brown county and elsewhere in the district to repair relationships and strengthen her ties with the entire district. Both of her Republican challengers have been making noise about how they think if Schmidt wins the primary that the seat will fall to Democrats. I am becoming more convinced that Schmidt is getting stronger in the district, not weaker. She has gained more support in the district this time than ever before and I expect that to translate into a fairly solid victory in the general election.
