New Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Russell Mock said his job as new party chairman is to "unite the party."
As he embarks on that task, Mock is raising money to make sure Republican Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers is elected in 2024, after being appointed to the job earlier this year to replace departing Prosecutor Joe Deters, who left for an appointment to the Ohio Supreme Court.
And he's actively recruiting Republican candidates to Cincinnati City Council to run along with Republican Liz Keating in this year's election. Keating is the lone Republican on the nine-member council.
Mock, who was elected by the local Republican Party earlier this year to replace departing party chairman Alex Triantafilou, joined The Enquirer's "That's So Cincinnati" podcast this week to talk about how it's going so far and the direction he hopes to take the party. Triantafilou is now the Ohio Republican Party Chairman.
It seems like a tough job, considering how Democratic Hamilton County has become in recent years. But Mock said he's not deterred. He pointed to his home county, Mahoning County, as an example. Once blue, Mahoning County is now solidly Republican red, Mock said.
"I've been very optimistic about things," said Mock, 53, of Hyde Park. "If you're going to do something, you have to go into it with optimism and energy. That was one of the things that I wanted to bring, that the position. I think we need to, first of all, unify as a Republican Party in order to win some of these elections."
A priority is bringing female Republican voters back to the party by focusing on issues like public safety, the economy and education, Mock said. And while the prosecutor's race and council seats are important, Mock mentioned focusing on school board seats too.
Mock said with unity, "we can go back and we can win some of these tough elections."
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