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The West Chester Tea Party will host a “meet the candidates night” Tuesday during its regular monthly meeting at its volunteer center at 5430 Beckett Road.

T.C. Rogers of West Chester is the Republican candidate for the open Butler County Commissioners seat. Photo taken by Joseph Fuqua II during a voter forum in February.

Participating in the event are Butler County Commissioner candidates and 52nd District State Representative candidates.

Among those scheduled to attend include Branden Rudie (Democrat – Ohio 52nd District), Bob Coogan (Libertarian – Ohio 52nd District), Margaret Conditt (Republican – Ohio 52nd District), Daryl R. Olthaus (Libertarian – county commissioner) and T.C. Rogers (Republican – county commissioner).

Jodi Billerman (Democrat), who is running for the open county commissioner seat, was not listed on the Tea Party’s list of candidates scheduled to participate in the event.

During the event, there will be a five minutes speech per candidate followed with a question and answer period.

Registration and networking for the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. There is no charge to attend.

For more information about the West Chester Tea Party, visit its website www.westchesterteaparty.org.

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State Rep. Margaret Conditt and Greg Lawson, president of the Buckeye Institute, will discuss Ohio issues at the West Chester Tea Party regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Registration and networking will take place at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting itself begins at 7 p.m. at 5430 West Chester Road.

Margaret Conditt. Photo provided.

In June of 2011, Conditt was selected to fill the state representative seat left empty when Bill Coley was appointed to replace Gary Cates in the Ohio Senate.

Conditt, who is a retired chemist and a former Liberty Township trustee, was among 13 Republicans who applied for the appointment and was the top vote getter of four candidates recommended by the Butler County GOP.

Conditt (Republican) is on the ballot in November for Ohio’s 52nd House District and will face Libertarian candidate Robert Coogan of Hamilton and Democratic candidate Branden Rudie of West Chester.

During the Tea Party event, Conditt will speak on current events in the Ohio State House and answer questions. Meanwhile, Lawson will discuss the economic overview of Ohio, the right to work and collective bargaining reform, according to a release from the Tea Party.

For more information about the West Chester Tea Party, visit its website www.westchesterteaparty.org.

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According to a report from Cincinnati.com, a dozen Butler County Republicans – including sitting trustees and a former mayor – want to succeed former state Rep. Bill Coley, who moved to the Senate last week.

Here is the list of candidates from Cincinnati.com:

Margaret Conditt, former trustee in Liberty Township; Mark Haverkos, a small business owner from West Chester; Candice Keller, a central committee member and executive director of the Community Pregnancy Center in Middletown; Bruce Jones, an unsuccessful candidate for West Chester trustee in 2009; Liberty Township Trustee Christine Matacic; Doug Mink, an online social studies instructor at Butler Tech; Philip Morrical III, a former Talawanda School Board member who made an unsuccessful bid for Liberty trustee in 2005; central committee member George Nafziger of West Chester; former Middletown mayor David Schiavone; Don Spurlock, a West Chester businessman who has run a number of campaigns for Butler County politicians; West Chester Township Trustee Lee Wong; and Burt Young of West Chester.

Coley of Liberty Township left his House seat to fill the Senate seat left by West Chester’s Gary Cates, who was appointed by Gov. John Kasich as senior vice chancellor for the division of Innovation and Enterprise Development at the Ohio Board of Regents.

This Thursday, June 2, the Butler County Republican Party’s screening committee could make up to three recommendations for the seat at its meeting at the Ronald Reagan Lodge at Voice of America Park. Candidates can then expect to screened the week of June 6 and, after a vote of the House Republican Caucus, the new member should expect to be appointed during House session June 8.

For more on Cincinnati.com’s story, visit “12 vie for Coley’s House seat.”

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According to a report from the Middletown Journal, Bill Coley of Liberty Township took the oath of office and was seated this Tuesday, May 24, as a member of the Ohio Senate.

The oath comes in less than a week after the Butler County Republican Party selected Coley for the Ohio State Senate seat, which was previously held by West Chester’s Gary Cates.

Gates left his seat on Monday, May 23, after receiving Gov. John Kasich’s appointment as senior vice chancellor for the division of Innovation and Enterprise Development at the Ohio Board of Regents.

Coley, who was serving his fourth term representing House District 55, was barred from running for his House seat again because of term limits.

According to the Journal’s article, Coley will serve on the Senate highways and transportation, health and human services, and education committees.

Currently, the Butler County Republican Party is accepting applicants for Coley’s former House seat for the 55th District (West Chester, Liberty Township, Middletown). The deadline to apply is this Thursday at 4 p.m. Candidates must give their intention, fill out a form and pay $125 to the Butler County GOP by the deadline.

Butler County GOP screening committee chairman Don Spurlock said this morning, May 25, that eight people have already put their names in for the seat. Those candidates include Mark Haverkos, Bruce Jones, Lee Wong (West Chester Township trustee), George Nafziger, Burt Young, Christine Matacic (Liberty Township trustee), Margy Conditt (former Liberty Township trustee) and Candice Keller.

The screening committee is scheduled to meet June 1 at 6 p.m. at its headquarters at Bridgewater Falls, which is located 3431 Princeton Road Suite 100 in Fairfield Township. Then on June 2 at 6 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan Lodge at Voice of America Park, the committee could make up to three recommendations for the seat.

For more information on how to apply, call Spurlock at 513-777-4550 or the party office at 513-893-5292.

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