Third-Party Candidate Endorses Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio’s 15th

Don Elijah Eckhart, the other guy running for Congress in Ohio’s 15th district, gave Mary Jo Kilroy an endorsement this morning on WOSU.

I only caught the end of the show, which had Mary Jo Kilroy, Steve Stivers and Eckhart answering questions from callers. But I’m confident I tuned in to the best part.

One of the last callers was some rude pro-life guy who asked Eckhart why he should vote for him – insisting that such a vote would most likely help elect the “pro-abortion candidate” Mary Jo Kilroy.

Eckhart had a really surprising answer.

After discussing the importance of his Christian beliefs, Don went on to list the ages of the two other candidates: Kilroy in her late 50s – Stivers in his early-40s.

Then he made this argument: pro-life voters should vote for Mary Jo Kilroy because she won’t be around as long as Steve Stivers.

Not exactly the kind of endorsement you’d expect from your friends – but certainly a solid endorsement from one of your opponents.

I’ll get audio posted if/when WOSU gets it online.