Elections in Ohio and Miss. could bring major change

Voters are considering a law limiting the collective-bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio and the so-called personhood amendment in Mississippi. Voters also chose governors in Mississippi and Kentucky.

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Nov. 8, 2011

Issue two opponents cheer at a rally co-sponsored by the Cleveland Teachers Union and We Are Ohio in Cleveland. Ohio voters overturned the controversial Senate Bill Five which, among other things, limited collective bargaining for 350,000 unionized public workers.

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Nov. 8, 2011

Charlene Petties, a custodian for the Columbus City schools supports the repeal of Senate Bill Five during a rally in Columbus, Oh. Labor and business interests poured more than $30 million into the nationally watched campaign.

Tony Dejak / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Democratic candidate for Kentucky State Auditor Adam Edelen address a crowd in Frankfort, Ky. after beating Republican John Kemper to succeed Crit Luallen.

John Flavell / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Kentucky Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Jerry Abramson and his wife Madeline talk to the media at the party's election night headquarters in Frankfort, Ky. Abramson, the former mayor of Louisville, is running on the ticket with incumbent Steve Beshear.

John Flavell / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at a rally urging voters to vote "yes" on Issue 2 in Cincinnati. Ohioans are deciding the winner of this year's drawn-out fight over a law limiting collective bargaining for 350,000 unionized public workers. The issue tops the Election Day list of ballot questions before the state's voters.

Al Behrman / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Firefighter Tom Sullivan campaigns against Issue 2 outside a polling location in Strongsville, Ohio.

Mark Duncan / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Voters cast their ballots at the Wakeman Township fire station near Wakeman, Ohio.

Mark Duncan / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Amendment 26 supporter Sandy Comer puts out a campaign sign at the polls at the Chamber of Commerce in Oxford, Miss. Mississippians go to the polls today for state and local elections, as well as referendums including the so-called personhood amendment, a referendum on whether to define life as beginning at conception.

Bruce Newman / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

From left, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Carley Dunavant, Jill Stevens, and Dicki King hold signs against Amendment 26 outside the polls at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford, Miss. If the amendment is approved, supporters say it could prompt a court challenge seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a legal right to abortion.

Bruce Newman / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Rachel Wall votes alongside Allie Wall, from left, Sam Wall, 3, and Zaidee Wall, 4, at the Lake Serene Clubhouse near Hattiesburg Miss. Voters chose governors in Mississippi and Kentucky on Tuesday, casting ballots that could foreshadow the public’s political mood two months ahead of the first presidential primary and nearly four years into the worst economic slowdown since the Depression.

Ryan Moore / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, left, a Democratic candidate for governor, votes with his wife, Johniece DuPree, at the Hattiesburg Cultural Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. DuPree's main opponent in Tuesday's election is Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant.

Ryan Moore / AP

Nov. 8, 2011

While waiting for an open polling booth, Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, left, speaks with Peggy Young, the precinct manager, in a Brandon, Miss., polling station.

Rogelio V. Solis / AP

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