6/17/2006

Portsmouth, OH ­ Today Ted Strickland announced his formal endorsement of Dr. Victoria Wulsin for the 2nd Congressional seat in Southern Ohio.

Kicking off a 19-stop ³Turnaround Ohio² bus tour in Portsmouth, OH, Strickland and Wulsin appeared before 300 supporters. ³Dr. Victoria Wulsin would do Southern Ohio proud by bringing back integrity, honesty, and real family values to Ohio¹s 2nd Congressional district,² Strickland said. ³As a Harvard educated doctor, Victoria knows how to deliver good health care and education. When you elect her to Congress she will fight to make sure every family in Ohio has access to quality, affordable health care and a college education.²

At the second stop on the bus tour, in Piketon, OH, 200 supporters rallied around the candidates as Wulsin and Southern Ohio¹s favorite son laid out plans for renewable energy, better veterans benefits, and aggressive plans for economic development.

We will turn around OH by investing in innovation and education that will deliver 21st century jobs that pay living wages, provide good health care, and deliver promised pensions,² Wulsin said to a standing ovation. ³We can make Ohio proud again,² she said.

Along with her husband of 27 years, Lawson Wulsin, Victoria was born and bred in Ohio. They have raised four sons together and live in the Cincinnati suburbs with their dog, Navasha.