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Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor has interrupted her self-imposed ban on political statements to announce support for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

She's asking Ohio voters to join "Citizens for McCain." The effort is headed by Democrat-turned-Independent U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and encourages Americans of all political parties to support McCain's candidacy.

Taylor is the only Republican to win a statewide office during the Democrats' 2006 sweep of elected positions. She has kept a low political profile since and focused on her work as the state's top examiner of public financial records.