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Obama Campaign Will Target Rural Areas

The leaders of Barack Obama's Ohio presidential campaign held a high tech press confernce to announce a statewide effort they promised would otherwise be, well, pretty low-tech. The campaign now has 30 of its 43 planned offices open and will use 23 regional directors. Plus more than a thousand neighborhood teams will go door to door to bring the Illinois senator's presidential bid to Ohio voters.

State campaign director Andrew Pickrell says Democrats won't ignore Ohio's traditionally conservative --and Republican -- rural areas.

"We've been able to put together a operation that truly does respect the various regions of the state with respect to how demographically different parts of it can be."

And he'll have help from Gov. Ted Strickland. The governor says he's agreed to speak at the Democratic National Convention and will campaign tirelessly within the state.

Kymberli Hagelberg, 90.3