[2] In 2008, The Columbus Dispatch wrote:"Democrats made history -- marking the first time a party that did not draw the district lines was ever able to take control of the House chamber.
[4] Since taking office in late 2005, Redfern has helped raise more than $100,000,000 for Ohio Democrats.
On Election Day, Ohio Democrats delivered a decisive victory for Barack Obama and picked up three new congressional seats.
At a September 20, 2010 Democratic Party event hosted by the United Steelworkers, Redfern was recorded on a WTOV-TV camera using a derogatory term in referring to opponents of the health care law saying, "It's in the very base terms we win these arguments.
On election night, Redfern's gamble paid off as Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate since 1940 to carry more than fifty percent of Ohio voters' support twice.
[11] Ohio Democrats' early investment was also successful for Senator Sherrod Brown who was able to overcome an unprecedented $40 million spent against him in attack ads in part because of the infrastructure his campaign and the Ohio Democratic Party put in place.