Mike DeWine
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Michael DeWine (born January 5, 1947, Springfield, Ohio), is a former Republican Representative and Senator from Ohio. He was defeated for re-election to the Senate by Sherrod Brown, see Ohio U.S. Senate election, 2006.
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Education
- public schools in Yellow Springs, Ohio
- B.S. Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1969
- J.D., College of Law, Ohio Northern University, Ada 1972
Profession
- admitted to the Ohio State bar in 1972
- law practice in Xenia, Ohio
- assistant prosecuting attorney, Greene County, Ohio 1973-1975
Political history
- elected prosecuting attorney, Greene County 1977-1981
- elected to the Ohio Senate 1981-1982
- elected to U.S. House of Representatives, four terms (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1991)
- one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Judge Harry E. Claiborne
- elected lieutenant governor of Ohio for the four-year term beginning January 14, 1991
- elected to the United States Senate in 1994 and reelected in 2000. The first Republican U.S. Senator to represent the Ohio in more than two decades.
Committees:
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
- Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs
- Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
- Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
- Subcommittee on Transportation Treasury the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Subcommittee on Antitrust Competition Policy and Consumer Rights - Chair
- Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
- Subcommittee on Immigration Border Security and Citizenship
- Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
- Subcommittee on Technology Terrorism and Homeland Security
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging - Chair
- Subcommittee on Bioterrorism Preparendess and Public Health
- Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development
External Links
- DeWINE, Michael from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
- DeWine senate website
- Mike DeWine for U.S. Senate (campaign website)
- Senator Michael 'Mike' DeWine (OH) (Project Vote Smart)
- Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) (RemoveRepublicans.com)
- Mike DeWine on the Issues (On the Issues)