Ohio players

Bill Berkowitz
WorkingForChange
10.21.05

Large turnout of Christian evangelical voters in November 2004 sets the stage for the Rev. Russell Johnson and televangelist Rod Parsley to launch the Ohio Restoration Project

Despite the subsequent controversy over widespread abnormalities on Election Day 2004, late in the evening of November 2, Ohio voters had delivered the final dart to the heart of the presidential hopes of Senator John Kerry. Since then, Christian evangelical ministers in Ohio have teamed-up to form a network that will build on their constituency's extensive contribution to President Bush's victory, as well as the passage of Issue 1 -- an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage. The goal: help Christian conservatives take over the state's Republican Party.