Betty Montgomery for Ohio Attorney General

Today Betty Montgomery dropped out of the Ohio gubernatorial race. She is instead focusing her efforts on winning the Attorney General post vacated by Jim Petro. He is trying for the GOP bid to the Governor's mansion against Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

This is a good move for Montgomery as she was well behind in polls and finances against both Petro and Blackwell. She should have the inside track on the position due to her experience at the position. She was the Attorney General for Ohio from 1994 to 2002.

The big loser in all of this is Jim Petro. He is losing momentum to Ken Blackwell in the Governor's race. It is possible that he may change gears like Montgomery and file for Blackwell's position as Secretary of State. If that should happen he would be the front-runner in that race.