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Sunday,  September 13, 2009 7:07 AM

The Columbus Dispatch

It has taken awhile, but Republicans seem to have secured a candidate to challenge Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover.

State Sen. Bob Gibbs, a Republican from Lakeville, will run next year against Space, a two-term House Democrat.

Gibbs is in his first term as a member of the Ohio Senate, which means he can run with coverage because he doesn't face re-election until 2012. From 2003 through 2008, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Republicans had difficulty attracting a candidate, in no small part because Space has raised considerable money and was easily re-elected in 2006.