{"id":31857,"date":"2021-04-19T10:54:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=31857"},"modified":"2021-04-19T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:54:40","slug":"mayor-nan-whaley-running-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/local\/2021\/04\/19\/mayor-nan-whaley-running-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Nan Whaley Running for Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley has announced that she will be making a bid for Ohio governor in 2022. This will be her second bid for governor after a few hardening years in the Gem City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe people of Ohio deserve better. The same politicians have been in charge for 30 years as Ohioans have fallen further behind. It\u2019s time for a change,\u201d said Whaley in a prepared statement. \u201cWe deserve an Ohio where one job is enough to provide for your family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move comes just a few months after Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law the controversial \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law back in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whaley and DeWine were both in attendance at a memorial for the shooting at The Historic Oregon District in downtown Dayton, and their relationship since then has gone back and forth throughout time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the shooting, the two worked on the STRONG Ohio bill which featured more thorough background checks, help to those in crisis, new state background checks, and\u00a0greater penalties for gun crimes. Ultimately the bill didn\u2019t pass through the GOP-controlled General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though with the passing of the \u201cStand Your Ground,\u201d which DeWine initially claimed he would veto, it seems like fuel for Whaley\u2019s gubernatorial run, as she has worked on gun laws since the Oregon District shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bOfHVZGOzL0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Whaley speaks with Senator Sherrod Brown after former President Trump&#8217;s visit to Dayton after the Oregon District shooting back in 2019. Source: PBS NewsHour\/YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nanwhaley\/status\/1346203175901126663\">statement<\/a> after the bill\u2019s passing Whaley expressed her frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t express my level of disappointment,&#8221; wrote Whaley. &#8220;Gov. DeWine came to our city and stood on stage for a vigil for our murdered friends and neighbors, and then told us he stood with our community in our fight against gun violence. Now it seems he does not.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whaley, who was born in 1976, the same year DeWine took political office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio, criticized DeWine\u2019s life-long career as a politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have a whole system up there, for three decades,\u201d said Whaley in a Facebook post, \u201cthat has been more interested in what self-interested lobbyists and people with a lot of money have to say and not what\u2019s going on in Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whaley, a native of Mooresville, Ind. has been a long-time Dayton resident after she attended the University of Dayton and earned a degree in chemistry. Whaley also has a Masters in Public Administration from White State University where she also served as an Adjunct Professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whaley served as one of the youngest women ever chosen for a commission seat back in 2005 when she was first elected to the Dayton City Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whaley was first elected to be Mayor back in 2013 when she won by 56% of the vote. She went uncontested in her second race, that being the first uncontested mayoral race in the city\u2019s history since residents elected the position separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A four-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention, Whaley has also served as a presidential elector and worked for John Kerry\u2019s campaign for president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of possible primary rivals, perhaps Whaley\u2019s biggest hurdle may be Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, who though hasn\u2019t announced his run, has already raised $500,000 in preparation for a gubernatorial run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Foltz<br>Associate Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley has announced that she will be making a bid for Ohio governor in 2022. This will be her second bid for governor after a few hardening years in the Gem City. \u201cThe people of Ohio deserve better. 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