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Richard Michael DeWine ( / dəˈwaɪn /; born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 70th governor of Ohio. He served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, and in both houses of Congress: in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991 and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.
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DeWine was born on January 5, 1947, in Springfield, Ohio, and raised in Yellow Springs. He graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a degree in education in 1969 and received a law degree from Ohio Northern University in 1972. DeWine practiced law after graduating and worked as assistant prosecuting attorney in Greene Countyuntil his election a...
Governor of Ohio
DeWine was elected Governor of Ohioon November 6, 2018, and assumed office on January 14, 2019.
Ohio Attorney General
DeWine served as Ohio Attorney Generalfrom 2011 to 2019.
U.S. Senate
DeWine represented Ohio in the U.S. Senatefrom 1995 to 2007.
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Regulation of e-cigarettes
On September 24, 2013, DeWine and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) co-sponsored a letter sent to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking the agency to regulate the advertising, ingredients, and sale of e-cigarettes. In addition to DeWine and Coakley, 38 state attorneys general signed the letter.DeWine recommended e-cigarettes be regulated in the same manner as other tobacco products, saying, "Unlike traditional tobacco products, there are no fe...
Obama for America v. Husted
On July 17, 2012, President Barack Obama's (D) re-election campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and the Ohio Democratic Party sued DeWine and Jon Husted (R) in their respective capacities as Ohio's attorney general and secretary of stateover a series of state laws changing Ohio's in-person early voting process. During the 2012 legislative session, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bills 194 and 224 and Senate Bill 295, which were signed into law by Gov. John Kasich. Collectively,...
Legal challenge to Affordable Care Act
1. 1.1. See also: State Attorneys General Against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 On January 10, 2011, DeWine joined a multistate legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The lawsuit alleged, in part, that the portions of the law creating an individual mandate and requiring state Medicaid expansion were unconstitutional. In a letter sent to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi(R), DeWine wrote, "The act vastly exceeds federal powers under Article I of the Constit...
Note: Please contact usif the personal information below requires an update. DeWine and his wife Frances have eight children.
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- A 42-year journey to governor. He's drawing on his long history in government and politics to handle the current pandemic crisis. The 73-year-old Cedarville attorney has served in various public roles since 1976 – he's unlikely to run for a higher office than governor.
- Pro-kids and pro-life. DeWine laid out a children-first agenda soon after taking office in January 2019. His first budget boosted funding for schools and care for new moms while also raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes and tobacco products.
- Seed money. The DeWine family earned its wealth from the family businesses: DeWine Seeds and the Ohio Twine Company. DeWine's first job was stenciling seed bags, painting fences and loading trucks for the family business.
- It's all in the family. DeWine, a devout Catholic, took his oath of office on nine Bibles, each with a special family connection. Mike DeWine met his wife, Fran, in the first grade and they were married while studying at Miami University.
Richard Michael DeWine ( / dəˈwaɪn /; born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 70th governor of Ohio. He served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, and in both houses of Congress: in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991 and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.
The current Governor of Ohio is Richard Michael DeWine (R). DeWine assumed office in 2019. Authority. The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article III, the Executive Department . Under Article III, Section 5: Qualifications.
Richard Michael DeWine is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019, as the 70th governor of Ohio. He previously served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio, from 2011 to 2019,...
A Lifetime of Service. On November 6, 2018, Mike DeWine was elected to serve as the 70 th Governor of the State of Ohio. The Governor has had a long and distinguished career in public service, focusing on protecting Ohio children and families. He was previously the 50 th Attorney General of Ohio and has previously been elected to serve as ...
