A new candidate for president has made a late entrance into the race in Northeast Ohio with a few tricks to win more votes 鈥� or treats.
Drivers on Route 18 in Medina have been treated to a billboard since October which reads, 鈥淰OTE GEORGE FOR PRESIDENT."
The billboard, courtesy of real estate agent Jill Renee Hill, features a larger-than-life photo of George, her dog.
鈥淗e鈥檚 two years old and just such a loving beagle,鈥� Hill said. 鈥淗is name is George Clooney. Because I've always had this dream of having dinner with George Clooney. So, I say 鈥榥ow I dine with George Clooney every night. I sleep with George Clooney鈥�. So, he's definitely taken on his namesake. He's a schmoozer.鈥�
Hill said as a real estate agent, she鈥檚 started to use her two dogs as her brand and has had multiple billboards with her pets faces on them. But for the election, Hill wanted to try something a little different.
鈥淓veryone gets into heated discussions about the blue side, the red side and everything in between,鈥� Hill said. 鈥淪o why not do something that makes people smile? Because who doesn鈥檛 smile at a beagle right there? If you don鈥檛 smile at a beagle, there鈥檚 something wrong with you.鈥�
In an interview Thursday with 海角破解版, Hill said she鈥檚 gotten a lot of amazing responses from the billboard with people laughing and joking about it.
鈥淯nfortunately, today he [George] decided to run away with another beagle that I鈥檓 watching,鈥� Hill said. 鈥淪o, I posted it because I was afraid that they would get too far away. And someone wrote that 鈥楪eorge was taking running for president seriously鈥�. It's things like that, right?鈥�
Hill said after sniffing around for votes and lunch, George and his fellow hound were found safe and sound.