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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

Hillary Clinton In Cincinnati Monday For Private Fundraising Event

Department of State

Update 06/09/16:   A source said Thursday there will be no public event, because of time restraints on the candidate. 

Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will be in Cincinnati Monday for a private fundraising event. 

Earlier plans to hold a public rally have been canceled, the source told WVXU Thursday. 

On his Facebook page, Cranley issued an invite to supporters and a link to buy rather high-priced tickets to the event at his home. The link lists a price range for tickets from $1,000 to $33,400. The money of those who pay $33,400 to be a "chair" of the event and attend a private reception with Clinton will go to the Democratic National Committee. 

"Dena (Cranley's wife) and I are honored to host at our home a fundraiser for the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton, on Monday night," Cranley wrote. "All are welcome. Please share and help us make history." 

The mayor, who is up for re-election himself next year, was one of Clinton's early Cincinnati campaign supporters. And the Clintons have supported Cranley in his past campaigns.

Clinton nailed down the nomination earlier this week when she passed the mark of 2,383 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention next month in Philadelphia. According to the Associated Press count, Clinton has 2,765 delegates to 1,864 for her rival for the nomination, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. 

Howard Wilkinson is in his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels.