Democrat Lary Ealy is challenging Ed FitzGerald in the party's guberantorial primary.Montgomery County Democrats did not expect Ealy to qualify for the ballot. More from Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler.
51 year old Larry Ealy of the Dayton area describes himself as a civil rights advocate who says he’s been helping people in his community deal with legal issues. He says he’s in the race to challenge Republican Gov. John Kasich’s economic policies.
“Kasich is the one who derailed citizens from several good paying jobs by some things in the law that he shouldn’t have passed, and me and Kasich, we gonna have this showdown.”
Ealy says he’s a serious candidate, and plans to go door to door and visit as many counties as he can before May.
“I didn’t expect to run against FitzGerald – I know nothing about him. But if he’s standing in the way of the first black governor, he’s got to go down
Ealy says he’s currently unemployed and admits his conflicts with police and the legal system over the last two decades have led him to this race.