Republican Congressional candidate Scott Radcliffe is to be at Heidelberg College Sunday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. to meet with voters from Seneca County.
Radcliffe is attempting to unseat 5th District Congressman Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, in the March 4 primary. Latta won the seat during a special election last year after the death of Paul Gillmor.
“I am looking forward to visiting Seneca County again,” Radcliffe said. “The citizens of Seneca County have been extremely welcoming since the start of my campaign. I would like to use my life experience as a Captain in the U.S. Army to bring strong leadership to Washington and represent the citizens of northwest Ohio. I look forward to the opportunity to meet the good people of Seneca County and ask for their vote.”
Radcliffe is to participate in a Republican Congressional candidate forum at the Public Safety Building on the Seneca County Fairgrounds 7 p.m. Sunday. Latta is expected to participate, as is Michael Reynolds of Columbus Grove.
The winner of the March 4 Republican primary is to face Democrat George F. Mays of Norwalk in the November general election.
Radcliffe is a lifelong resident of northwest Ohio, a graduate from West Point, and a two-term, decorated Iraq War veteran.
Radcliffe recently commented on the decision of Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives to act on legislation concerning foreign intelligence surveillance.
“The actions of the Democrats in Congress are nothing short of irresponsible,” Radcliffe said. “My father, a retired FBI agent, was in the trenches of the global war on terror here in the U.S. as the head of the Northwest Ohio Joint Terrorism Task Force. We cannot afford a wall to re-emerge between our criminal investigations and our foreign intelligence gathering services. I’ve been on the other side of this war in Iraq, and I know from ground experience we cannot allow the terrorists we are fighting overseas to gain a foothold here in America. We need strong leadership in Washington to keep the great citizens of this country safe.”
Radcliffe is to return to Tiffin Feb. 28 to participate in the Seneca County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner at the Seneca Hills Golf Course.
— By Kevin Risner, Staff Writer
