Politics Chat: Who Will Be Left By March To Compete For Ohio's Democratic Delegates?

91.7 WVXU | By Howard Wilkinson

Published January 10, 2020 at 8:00 AM EST

In this Dec. 2019 photo, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and businessman Tom Steyer participate in a primary debate in L.A.

The Ohio Secretary of State's office says 11 Democratic presidential candidates have filed to run in Ohio's March 17 primary. But chances are many of them will no longer be running by then, even if their names remain on the ballot.

WVXU Senior Political Analyst Howard Wilkinson spoke with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik about the upcoming presidential primary in Ohio, saying that the presidential nomination on the Democratic side is not likely to be decided by the time Ohio Democrats vote. Early voting for the primary begins Feb. 19.

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Howard Wilkinson

Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU News Team after 30 years of covering local and state politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio governor’s race since 1974 as well as 12 presidential nominating conventions. His streak continued by covering both the 2012 Republican and Democratic conventions for 91.7 WVXU. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots; the Lucasville Prison riot in 1993; the Air Canada plane crash at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983; and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. The Cincinnati Reds are his passion. "I've been listening to WVXU and public radio for many years, and I couldn't be more pleased at the opportunity to be part of it,” he says.

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