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Top Operative Says Cordray Will Return To Ohio
Will challenge Kasich in 2014
January 30, 2013 

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Democratic operative close to former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray predicts "he will be back home in a month."

Cordray is currently the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington.  Cordray took the helm of the agency through a recess appointment by President Obama.

His term expires at the end of the year unless he wins senate approval.

Republicans blocked Cordray's appointment in late 2011, insisting the agency create a bipartisan commission.   Sen. Mike Crapo says many of his GOP colleagues will continue to oppose his appointment.

According to the Democratic operative, Cordray will return to Ohio "sooner than later" to begin a campaign for governor.  "Technically he has until December, but he'll want to get started much sooner," the operative says.

If Cordray returns, it will likely be with the support of the president, the Democratic operative says.  Cordray was one of the few top Democrats in Ohio in 2008 who supported Obama over Hillary Clinton in the primary… 

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