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Ohio union fight could boost Dems' 2012 chances

A ballot battle over whether to keep Ohio's tough new restrictions on public employee unions could give labor supporters and Democrats a lift going into the presidential election year. But some Democrats fear losing the Nov. 8 referendum could be another dispiriting setback that saps enthusiasm from the party's progressive...

By Ann Sanner, Sam Hananel | Updated on October 19, 2011
In this April 9, 2011 file photo, protestors against Senate Bill 5 gather at the Ohio Statehouse for a rally launching the "We Are Ohio" campaign in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A ballot battle over whether to keep Ohio’s tough new restrictions on public employee unions could give labor supporters and Democrats a lift going into the presidential election year. But some Democrats fear losing the Nov. 8 referendum could be another dispiriting setback that saps enthusiasm from the party’s progressive base.

     Unions have hoped that a backlash against Republican-led efforts to curb the rights of organized labor in state legislatures around the country could translate into victories for pro-labor Democrats in 2012.

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