Mike DeWine

Mike DeWine
50th Attorney General of Ohio
Assumed office
January 10, 2011
Governor John Kasich
Preceded by Richard Cordray
United States Senator
from Ohio
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by Howard Metzenbaum
Succeeded by Sherrod Brown
59th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office
January 14, 1991 – November 12, 1994
Governor George Voinovich
Preceded by Paul Leonard
Succeeded by Nancy Hollister
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 7th district
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by Bud Brown
Succeeded by Dave Hobson
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 10th district
In office
January 2, 1981 – December 13, 1982
Preceded by John Mahoney
Succeeded by Dave Hobson
Personal details
Born Richard Michael DeWine
(1947-01-05) January 5, 1947
Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Frances Struewing
Children 8, including Pat
Education Miami University (BA)
Ohio Northern University (JD)

Richard Michael DeWine (born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who is the current Ohio Attorney General, in office since January 10, 2011. He is the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio in the 2018 election.[1]

A Republican, DeWine is a former United States Senator, elected in 1994 and re-elected in 2000. He served alongside Democrat John Glenn as the junior Senator from Ohio from 1995 until 1999, when the swearing-in of fellow Republican and former Ohio Governor George Voinovich made him the state's senior Senator. DeWine had served as Voinovich's lieutenant governor from 1991 until 1994. In 2006, DeWine ran for re-election to a third term, but lost the general election to the Democratic nominee, Congressman Sherrod Brown. On November 2, 2010, DeWine was elected Ohio Attorney General, defeating Democratic incumbent Richard Cordray, and was re-elected for a second term on November 4, 2014.

Prior to his being nominated as Voinovich's running mate in the 1990 election, DeWine served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th Congressional District for four consecutive terms beginning in 1983. He also served as an Ohio state senator.

Personal life

Born in Springfield, Ohio, the son of Jean and Richard L. DeWine,[2] DeWine lives in Cedarville, Ohio, but grew up in neighboring Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was raised a Roman Catholic.[3][4][5] DeWine earned his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1972.

He and his wife Frances have been married since June 3, 1967[6] and have had eight children, one of whom died in an automobile accident in 1993.[7] Current Ohio Supreme Court Justice R. Patrick DeWine is Mike DeWine's son. Former Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine (R-Fairborn) is DeWine's second cousin. DeWine and his family own Minor League Baseball's Asheville Tourists.[8] He is a practicing Roman Catholic.[5]

Political career

DeWine in 1997

Ohio politics

At age 25, DeWine started working as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio, and in 1976 was elected County Prosecutor, serving for four years.[9][10] In 1980 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate and served one two-year term.[10]

Two years later, U.S. Representative Bud Brown of Ohio's 7th congressional district retired after 26 years in Congress; his father, Clarence Brown, Sr., had held the seat for 26 years before that. DeWine won the Republican nomination, assuring him of election in November. He was reelected three more times from this district, which stretches from his home in Springfield to the Columbus suburbs. He ran unopposed in 1986 during what is regarded as a bad year for Republicans nationally. DeWine gave up his seat in 1990 to run for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio as the running mate of George Voinovich. The Voinovich-DeWine ticket was easily elected.

In 1992, DeWine unsuccessfully ran against the former astronaut and incumbent Senator John Glenn. His campaign used the phrase, "What on earth has John Glenn done?"[11]

U.S. Senate

In 1994, DeWine ran for the United States Senate, defeating prominent attorney Joel Hyatt (the son-in-law of the then-incumbent U.S. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum) by a solid 14-point margin. DeWine was reelected in 2000, defeating gunshow promoter Ronald Dickson (161,185 votes, or 12.44%) and former U.S. Rep. Frank Cremeans (104,219 votes, or 8.05%) in the primary[12] and Ted Celeste (brother of former Ohio Gov. Dick Celeste) in the general election. DeWine was defeated in the 2006 midterm elections by Democrat Sherrod Brown, receiving 905,644 fewer votes in 2006 than he received in 2000.[13][14]

On July 22, 2009, DeWine announced his intention to run for Attorney General of the State of Ohio. On November 2, 2010, DeWine was elected as the new attorney general, defeating Democratic incumbent Richard Cordray. As attorney general of Ohio, DeWine sent letters to drugstore chains, encouraging them to discontinue the sale of tobacco products.[15] On November 4, 2014, DeWine was re-elected as attorney general by defeating challenger, David A. Pepper. DeWine carried 84 out of Ohio's 88 counties.

DeWine had seats on the Senate Judiciary and Select Intelligence committees.

Legislation

DeWine was the initial sponsor of the Drug-Free Century Act in 1999.[16]

Post-Senate career

Academics and law

DeWine accepted positions teaching government courses at Cedarville University, Ohio Northern University and Miami University. In 2007, he joined the law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp as corporate investigations group co-chair.[17] He also advised the Ohio campaign of John McCain's 2008 presidential bid.[18]

Attorney General of Ohio

On November 2, 2010, DeWine was elected Attorney General of the state of Ohio, defeating incumbent Richard Cordray (D) 48–46%.[19]

In the 2012 Republican presidential primary, DeWine endorsed Tim Pawlenty, then endorsed Mitt Romney after Pawlenty dropped out of the race. On February 17, 2012, DeWine announced he was retracting his endorsement of Mitt Romney and endorsed Rick Santorum. DeWine said, "To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you, a reason to hope, a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that. Sadly, Governor Romney has not."[20]

In 2015, as Attorney General of Ohio, DeWine filed a lawsuit in federal court in Ohio against a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).[21][22] In the suit, DeWine alleged that the ACA's Transitional Reinsurance Program (which imposed a fee "paid by all employers who provide group health insurance in the workplace," which in 2014 was $63 per covered person and in 2015 was $44 per covered person) was unconstitutional as applied to state and local governments.[23] When he filed the suit, DeWine claimed that the fee was "an unprecedented attempt to destroy the balance of authority between the federal government and the states."[23]

In January 2016, the federal court dismissed DeWine's suit, with U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley holding that the Transitional Reinsurance Program did not violate the Constitution.[23] The State of Ohio appealed, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed Judge Marbley's dismissal of the suit.[24]

2018 Ohio gubernatorial election

On May 26, 2016, DeWine announced that he would run for Governor of Ohio in 2018.[1] He reconfirmed this on June 25, 2017 at the annual ice cream social held at his home in Cedarville, Ohio. On December 1, 2017, DeWine officially chose Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as his running mate. On May 8, 2018, DeWine successfully won the Republican Primary, defeating incumbent Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor, with 59.8% of the vote. He will face Democratic nominee and former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray in a rematch of the 2010 Attorney General race, which DeWine narrowly won.

Political positions

DeWine and his family with President Ronald Reagan in 1985
President George W. Bush congratulates Senator Mike DeWine on the passing of the Pediatric Equity Research Act of 2003

Highway safety

As U.S. Senator, DeWine joined a bipartisan effort to lower the national maximum blood-alcohol limit from 0.10% to 0.08%, and to require reporting of vehicle-related deaths on private property like parking lots and driveways.[25] He sponsored legislation on determining when aging tires become unsafe.[26]

Net neutrality

As Attorney General of Ohio, DeWine did not join the lawsuits that over 22 states filed in the months following FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai's proposal to rollback online consumer protections, and net neutrality regulations.[27]

Social issues

DeWine is opposed to abortion. In the Senate, he was the lead sponsor of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act.[28]

DeWine opposes same-sex marriage[29] and sponsored the Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would have prevented same-sex marriage.[30] DeWine argued in the Supreme Court in favor of prohibitions on same-sex marriage, saying that prohibitions on same-sex marriage infringes on "no fundamental right."[31][32] He argued that states should not have to recognize same-sex couples who married in other states.[31] DeWine opposed State Issue 1, Ohio's constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman, arguing that the prohibitions against employee benefits for domestic partners would hurt Ohio businesses.[33]

In 2004 DeWine co-sponsored an amendment to renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.[34] He was one of only two Republican Senators to vote against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,[35] which banned lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for criminal misuse of their products. In the 2006 election cycle, DeWine was the first senatorial candidate to be endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and displayed that endorsement on his campaign webpage.[36]

After President George W. Bush nominated White House Counsel Harriet Miers on October 3, 2005, for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, DeWine said "I think the fact she doesn't have judicial experience will add to the diversity of the Supreme Court... There is no reason everyone has to have that same [judicial] background."[37] Opposition from conservative groups unhappy with Miers' resume ultimately sank her nomination.

Electoral history

Election results
Year Office Election Subject Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
1992 U.S. Senator Primary Mike DeWine Republican 583,805 70.30% George Rhodes Republican 246,625 29.70%
1994 U.S. Senator Primary Mike DeWine Republican 422,367 52.04% Bernadine Healy Republican 263,560 32.47% Gene Watts Republican 83,103 10.24% George Rhodes Republican 42,633 5.25%
2000 U.S. Senator Primary Mike DeWine Republican 1,029,860 79.51% Ronald Richard Dickson Republican 161,185 12.44% Frank Cremeans Republican 104,219 8.05%
2006 U.S. Senator Primary Mike DeWine Republican 565,580 71.71% David Smith Republican 114,186 14.48% William Pierce Republican 108,978 13.82%
Election results[38][39]
Year Office Election Subject Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
1982 U.S. Representative General Mike DeWine Republican 87,842 56.26% Roger D. Tackett Democratic 65,543 41.97% John B. Winer Libertarian 2,761 1.77%
1984 U.S. Representative General Mike DeWine Republican 147,885 76.68% Donald E. Scott Democratic 40,621 21.06% N/A Independent 4,352 2.26%
1986 U.S. Representative General Mike DeWine Republican 119,238 100%
1988 U.S. Representative General Mike DeWine Republican 142,597 73.88% Jack Schira Democratic 50,423 26.12%
1990 Lieutenant Governor of Ohio General Mike DeWine Republican 1,938,103 55.73% Eugene Branstool Democratic 1,539,416 44.27%
1992 U.S. Senator General Mike DeWine Republican 2,028,300 42.31% John Glenn Democratic 2,444,419 50.99% Martha Grevatt Workers World Party 321,234 6.70%
1994 U.S. Senator General Mike DeWine Republican 1,836,556 53.44% Joel Hyatt Democratic 1,348,213 39.23% Joseph J. Slovenec Independent 252,031 7.33%
2000 U.S. Senator General Mike DeWine Republican 2,666,736 60.0% Ted Celeste Democratic 1,597,122 35.9% John McAlister Libertarian 117,466 2.4% John Eastman Natural Law 70,738 1.6% *
2006 U.S. Senator General Mike DeWine Republican 1,761,092 43.82% Sherrod Brown Democratic 2,257,485 56.16% Richard Duncan Write-in 830 0.02%
2010 Attorney General of Ohio General Mike DeWine Republican 1,821,414 47.54% Richard Cordray Democratic 1,772,728 46.26% Robert Owens Constitution 130,065 3.39% Marc Feldman Libertarian 107,521 2.81%
2014 Attorney General of Ohio General Mike DeWine Republican 1,882,048 61.50% David Pepper Democratic 1,178,426 38.50%

*Write-in candidates Michael Fitzsimmons received 45 votes (< 1%) and Patrick Flower received 29 votes (< 1%)

References

  1. 1 2 Garbe, Will (May 26, 2016). "Mike DeWine confirms run for Ohio governor in 2018". WHIO. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
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  3. ↑ "US Senator Mike DeWine: Pro-life, Pro-children, Pro-family". Franciscan Media. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  4. ↑ "Contact your Legislators - Catholic Conference of Ohio". 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  5. 1 2 "Mike DeWine takes a rare political misstep". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  6. ↑ https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/frances-struewing-mike-dewine-wife/
  7. ↑ "Patrol say DeWine's daughter driving too fast" (PDF). The BG News September 7, 1993 - ScholarWorks@BGSU (Vol 76, Issue 10). September 7, 1993. Retrieved October 2, 2014. Lt. Gov. Michael DeWine's daughter was driving too fast for the wet road conditions when she was killed in a collision, the State Highway Patrol said Monday. Trooper D.T. Heard at the Xenia post said the patrol determined that Rebecca A. DeWine was driving 55 mph on Aug. 4 when her car went across the center line on a curve. The car hit a pickup truck going 39 mph on U.S. 42 north of Xenia, Heard said Monday. The speed recommended on the curve is 25 mph, he said.
  8. ↑ "DeWine group to purchase Tourists". MiLB.com. January 5, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Gomez, Henry J. (October 14, 2014). "Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine looks back on first term and ahead to possible run for governor: Q&A". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Johnson, Alan (September 21, 2014). "Attorney general candidates DeWine, Pepper are vastly different". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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  13. ↑ "About the Office". state.oh.us. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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  16. ↑ "Drug-Free Century Act (1999; 106th Congress S. 5) - GovTrack.us". GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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  20. ↑ Ohio AG Mike DeWine switches backing from Romney to Santorum before GOP presidential primary
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  23. 1 2 3 Stephen Koff, Ohio loses its latest challenge to Obamacare, Cleveland.com (January 6, 2016).
  24. ↑ John Kennedy, ACA Program Isn't An Improper Tax On States, 6th Circ. Says, Law360 (February 17, 2017).
  25. ↑ "Ohio senator makes his mark on highway safety". August 9, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2014. ...drunken driving [is] a central focus of DeWine's highway-safety attention. He was behind the move to make 0.08% the national maximum blood-alcohol limit, which it became this month when Minnesota was the final state to adopt it... DeWine says his years in politics helped persuade him to do something about the injuries and deaths that don't occur on public property, which is what regulators previously focused on. He wanted data about incidents in parking lots and driveways to be routinely collected, too.
  26. ↑ "Sen. DeWine introduces tire aging bill". January 23, 2004. Retrieved October 2, 2014. WASHINGTON (Jan. 23, 2004) — Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, has introduced a package of five highway safety bills, including one requiring tire retailers to disclose the month and year in which the tires they sell are produced. Mr. DeWine's bill also would require the National Academy of Sciences to do a definitive study of how both used and unused tires age—with an eye toward discovering the point at which an aged tire becomes unsafe.
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  28. ↑ See S. 1019 (Unborn Victims of Violence Act), introduced May 7, 2003; S. 146 (Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003), introduced January 13, 2003; S.480 (Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001), introduced January 7, 2001. See also Karen MacPherson, "Senate votes to outlaw harming the unborn; abortion activists fear women's rights eroded" (March 26, 2004), Toldeo Blade; Carl Hulse, "Senate Outlaws Injury to Fetus During a Crime" (March 26, 2004), New York Times; Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Washington Talk: From CNN to Congress, Legislation by Anecdote" (May 8, 2003), New York Times.
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  31. 1 2 "Attorney General Mike DeWine, Gov. John Kasich acknowledge gay marriage ruling is law in Ohio". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
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  33. ↑ Dao, James. "After Victory, Crusader Against Same-Sex Marriage Thinks Big". Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  34. ↑ He has repeatedly received an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association. "Senate considers protecting gunmakers". Associated Press. February 25, 2004. Archived from the original on March 26, 2005. Retrieved March 27, 2007.
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