From the BG News:

A local congressional candidate is accusing his opponent of attempting to make a political attack against his wife.

State Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, held a press conference yesterday at the Wood County Court House to denounce the campaign of State Sen. Steve Buehrer, R-Delta, for requesting information from the University relating to his wife, a University employee.

Latta accused the Buehrer campaign of seeking the information in order to make personal attacks against his wife, Marcia Latta, the director of development at the University.

“[Buehrer’s] tired of hitting me for a few days, now he’s going after my wife,” Latta said.

But Jim Banks, a spokesman for Buehrer’s campaign, said Latta’s accusations are out of line.

Buehrer’s campaign is only gathering information from the University to respond to a recent Latta campaign ad that links the senator to convicted Republican fundraiser and former University Trustee Tom Noe, Banks said.

The 30-second television spot said Buehrer received $7,979 in funds from Noe.

But Banks said the ad fails to mention Latta also received funds from Noe, and that both candidates donated the money to the Safety Council of Northwest Ohio after Noe’s illegal fundraising tactics became publicly known.

Banks said the campaign is only seeking information related to the representative and not his wife, emphasizing that all the information being sought is public record.

“We agree with Latta that personal information has no business in this campaign,” Banks said.

To say that your wife is off limits, when she was so close to the Noe family, is absurd. Latta is playing the only card he has, which is to say “decorum! decorum!”, but it is clear that Buehrer’s campaign is being respectful to that request… probably more so than they should be.