Kevin DeWine (born October 11, 1967) is an American businessman and politician who chaired the
Ohio Republican Party
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1854.
History
After the Civil War, Ohio politics was dominated by the Republican Party, and Ohio Republicans also played key roles in ...
from 2009 until 2012. Previously, he was a member of the
Ohio House of Representatives
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate.
The House of Representatives first met in Ch ...
from 2001 to 2009.
DeWine graduated from
Fairborn High School in 1986, received his Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The univ ...
in 1990, and earned an MBA from
Wright State University in 1996. The DeWine family resides in
Fairborn, Ohio
Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 34,620 at the 2020 census. Fairborn is a suburb of Dayton, and part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the only city in the world named Fairborn, a po ...
. Before holding public office, Kevin was a regional development manager for the Dayton Power and Light Company. He is the second cousin of
R. Michael DeWine, who currently serves as
Governor of Ohio.
When
Steve Austria vacated his seat to run for the
Ohio Senate, DeWine was elected to represent the 76th district in the
Ohio House in 2000, defeating Democrat Eric Marcus and independent candidate Christina Turner, winning 62.3% of the vote. In 2002, in the 70th district after redistricting, he defeated Democrat Lawrence Gordon
with 71.7% of the vote. He faced Gordon again in 2004, DeWine won with 69.3% of the vote.
In 2006, DeWine won his fourth term with 60.4% of the vote against Democrat Kevin O'Brien. DeWine was elected Speaker pro tempore in the
127th Ohio General Assembly. He was the chair of the Rules and Reference committee, and also serves on the Finance & Appropriations and the State Government & Elections Committees. He was not eligible to run for a fifth term due to term limits.
On January 16, 2009, he was elected unanimously as chairman of the Republican Party of Ohio.
He was reelected as chairman in 2011. He was replaced in April 2012 by
Robert T. Bennett, following DeWine's resignation over disputes with Ohio Governor
John Kasich
John Richard Kasich Jr. ( ; born May 13, 1952) is an American politician, author, and television news host who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and as the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, Kasic ...
.
References
External links
Project Vote Smart – Representative Kevin DeWine (OH)profile
*''Follow the Money'' – Kevin DeWine
200620042002 HD-702002 HD-76
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200035&c=374239 2000] campaign contributions
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Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
1967 births
Living people
Politicians from Springfield, Ohio
People from Fairborn, Ohio
Wright State University alumni
University of Dayton alumni
State political party chairs of Ohio
21st-century American politicians