She stepped down from her plum job at The Ohio State University as the vice-president of Outreach and Engagement to triumphantly run for congress after gaining the strong backing of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman in the race.

The Rev. George O. Stewart, pastor Zion Chapel Baptist Church in Cleveland, gave the invocation and Dr. Marvin L. Sapp, pastor Lighthouse Full Life Center Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, had the crowd on their feet as he gave the benediction.

The aide said Reid was preserving the option of making changes with a simple majority vote.

There are legitimate questions that should be asked of Susan Rice such as her service on the National Security Council

Lincoln thus kept up what would become a historical trend that he began when elected the nation's 16th president in 1860 - that a Republican presidential candidate has never won the White House without winning Ohio.

Beatty, who stepped down from her job at The Ohio State University as the Vice-President of Outreach and Engagement, had the strong backing of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman in the race.