Stanley J. Aronoff (born June 8, 1932) is an American politician of the

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party who served for a time as

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. Aronoff was raised in a

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family in the

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neighborhood of

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and attended high school at

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. He earned a bachelor's degree and a law degree from

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, after which he returned to Cincinnati to enter into the private practice of law. In 1960, Ambrose Lindhorst (the head of the Hamilton County Republican Party), Walton Bachrach (mayor of Cincinnati), and Republican operative George Eyrich persuaded Aronoff to run for a seat in the

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. He began serving in the

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in 1961 and was re-elected twice, serving until 1967. In 1966, Aronoff won a seat in the

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. He was reelected in 1968, and again in 1972. In the 1974 primary election, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for

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. He won reelection to the Senate in 1976. In 1978, Aronoff sought the party's nomination for a seat in the

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, but party bosses endorsed television news broadcaster Thearon "Tom" Atkins instead. It was suspected that with the Jewish

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already representing the Hamilton County Republican Party in Congress, that party leaders shied away from endorsing another Jew for Cincinnati's other congressional seat. Nevertheless, Aronoff prevailed in the Republican primary, but lost in the general election in a close race to Democrat

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. By the 1980 elections, the Republican party achieved a majority in the Ohio Senate, and Aronoff was named chairman of the Finance Committee. However, the party was again in the minority two years later. In the 1984 campaign, Aronoff's success at fundraising was key to the Republican recapture of the Senate. The Senate Republican leader was

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, but when Gillmor won a seat in Congress in 1988, Aronoff became President of the Senate. In 1995, Aronoff —- along with other legislators, such as Democratic

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—was the subject of an investigation into "fee pancaking". The law required that legislators disclose the acceptance of a

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if it is in excess of $500. "Pancaking" involved accepting fees of less than $500 from more than one source for the same event in order to avoid disclosure. Aronoff pleaded guilty to accepting $4,500 in fees from various arms of

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company without disclosure in violation of this law. He was sentenced to community service, which he fulfilled by giving lectures to students on government ethics. By 1996,

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were in effect. Aronoff was eligible to run for one more term in the Senate. However, he decided to retire from public services. He helped found the law firm of Aronoff, Rosen and Hunt.Aronoff, Rosen and Hunt: Stanley Aronoff

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