Coleman's bid for governor

COLEMAN'S BID FOR GOVERNOR
Tough spots along way
A look at some of the challenges Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman faced during his run for governor, which ended Tuesday:
IN APRIL, Coleman tussled with syndicated radio host Glenn Beck after Beck focused on an alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old developmentally disabled girl at a city high school. During a combative eight-minute exchange by telephone, Beck began a question, "I'm asking you as a man and a father ... " Coleman cut him off and shot back, "Don't question my manhood. Don't you ever question my manhood."
IN MAY, Coleman was criticized for the appearance of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at a national conference for black mayors in Columbus, although Coleman had no input into the invitation of speakers and did not attend the event.
ALSO IN MAY, Coleman's top political adviser was arrested on a drunken-driving charge.
IN AUGUST, Coleman had to await word on the fate of his son, Lance Cpl. John David "J.D." Coleman, after nine members of his son's unit, Columbus-based Lima Company, were among 14 killed in the deadliest roadside bombing of U.S. troops in Iraq. His son was not hurt.
IN OCTOBER, Coleman's wife, Frankie, was invited but later declined to present a proclamation welcoming to the city the Rev. Rod Parsley's Reformation Ohio, a conservative Christian group.
THE SAME MONTH, Frankie Coleman was arrested on a drunken-driving charge.
Source: AP Research