Theodore Strickland (born August 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the 68th

governor of Ohio A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

, serving from 2007 to 2011. A member of the

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, he previously served in the

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, representing (1993–1995, 1997–2007). In the 2006 gubernatorial election, Strickland was elected to succeed term-limited

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incumbent

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, receiving 60% of the vote and defeating

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Ken Blackwell John Kenneth Blackwell (born February 28, 1948) is an American politician, author, and conservative activist who served as the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio (1979–80), the Ohio State Treasurer (1994–99), and Ohio Secretary of State (1999–2007). ...

. He was narrowly defeated for re-election in the 2010 gubernatorial election by former U.S. Representative

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 ...

. In April 2014, Strickland became president of the

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, a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Strickland left that position in February 2015, and on February 25, 2015, he announced his intention to run for the United States Senate against incumbent

Rob Portman Robert Jones Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Ohio since 2011. A member of the Republican Party ...

. Strickland lost by 20 points. , he is the last Democrat to serve as Governor of Ohio.

Early life

Strickland was born in

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, the son of Carrie (Carver) and Charles Orville Strickland. He was one of nine children. A 1959 graduate of Northwest High School, Strickland went on to be the first member of his family to attend college. Strickland received a

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degree in

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with a minor in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

from Asbury College in 1963. In 1966, he received a

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degree in guidance counseling from the

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and a

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(M.Div.) from the

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in 1967. He then returned to the University of Kentucky to earn his

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counseling psychology Counseling psychology is a psychological specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling process and outcome; supervision and training; career development and counseling; and prevention and health. ...

in 1980. He is married to

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, an

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. Strickland worked as a counseling psychologist at the

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in Lucasville. He was an administrator at a

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children's home and was a professor of psychology at

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. Strickland is an ordained minister in the

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. He was a minister at a Methodist church in

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Election to Congress

Strickland ran for U.S. representative for

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in 1976, 1978, and 1980, losing twice to long-time incumbent William H. Harsha and later to Harsha's successor and campaign manager, Bob McEwen. Strickland ran again for the 6th District seat in 1992, once again facing Bob McEwen, who had suffered some political damage by being associated with the

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. The 6th District had been combined with the old 10th District when Ohio lost two seats in Congress following the 1990 census and now covered a huge area stretching from

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, in

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, to

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, in Washington County on the opposite side of the state. The district proved a difficult place to campaign, representing half a dozen different media markets and home to no large cities and few unifying influences.

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, Vice President

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, and

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came to Ohio to campaign for McEwen, but Strickland narrowly won in the general election on November 3, 1992. He received 122,720 votes to McEwen's 119,252, a plurality of 3,468 – just over 1.4%. Strickland began serving in January 1993 in the 103rd Congress.

Congressional career

Strickland was among the many Democrats who lost their offices in the Republican surge of 1994, narrowly losing to businessman

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. Strickland reclaimed his seat two years later in a similarly narrow victory, and took office in January 1997 with the 105th Congress. He faced a strong challenge from

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in 1998, but turned it back; in the next three elections he was reelected by large margins, running unopposed in 2004. Strickland served on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Veterans' Affairs Committee.

2006 gubernatorial campaign

Strickland successfully ran for

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in 2006, when Governor

was term-limited and could not run for re-election. Strickland selected former

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and 1998 Democratic nominee for governor

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as his running mate. He was sworn in as governor on January 8, 2007. Strickland won the Democratic primary on May 2, 2006, with 80 percent of the vote. Strickland's endorsements included the

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and the

Ohio Federation of Teachers The Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) is a statewide federation of unions in Ohio, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL–CIO. The OFT represents more than 20,000 members in 54 local unions. Its members include public ed ...

. In September 2006, a group called Republicans for Strickland publicly announced their support for Strickland at a press conference. In the November general election, he was challenged by

Secretary of State

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economist Bill Peirce and

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. He won the general election on November 7, 2006, capturing 60% of the vote. Blackwell finished in second with 37% of the vote.

Governorship

Economy

In June 2007, Ohio lawmakers approved a $52 billion budget for fiscal year 2008-09. In January 2008, facing a revenue shortfall, Strickland ordered a $733 million reduction in state spending, including job cuts and the closure of state mental hospitals. Strickland cut another $540 million from the budget in September 2008. In December 2008, Strickland announced a $640 million budget gap. In 2009, Strickland signed legislation which postponed the last of five scheduled income tax rate reductions from 2009 until 2011. The move used $844 million in anticipated tax refunds to fill the gap in the state budget. In 2008, he signed the state's renewable portfolio standard, mandating that 25% of the state's electricity be produced by renewables by 2025. That same year, Strickland signed an executive order overhauling business regulations. In 2010, Strickland supported the renewal of the

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program in 2010. During Strickland's tenure, the state's rainy day fund was reduced from $1 billion to 89 cents in order to balance the state budget. Some estimates claim Ohio would have experienced a $7 billion deficit if Strickland hadn't made such moves and cuts to the Ohio budget.

Education

Strickland signed an executive order in 2007 that unified the state's higher education system by creating the

University System of Ohio The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the state of Ohio. It is governed by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The system includes all of Ohio's public institutions of higher education: 14 four-year research univ ...

. Strickland pushed to cut funding of

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, which critics said would reduce educational choice available to the public. He opposed federally subsidized abstinence-only

sex education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual acti ...

programs.

Veterans' affairs

In 2007, Strickland signed legislation exempting military veterans' retirement benefits from state taxation. He signed an executive order creating a council to oversee the eventual establishment of the

Ohio Department of Veterans Services The Ohio Department of Veterans Services (ODVS) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for identifying, connecting with, and advocating for veterans and their families. ODVS is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. ...

as a cabinet-level agency. In 2008, he signed an executive order creating the Ohio G.I. Promise, which charges in-state tuition to all veterans attending the state's public colleges on the G.I. bill. In 2008, he vetoed legislation which would have given small cash bonuses to veterans of wars in the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan from the state's rainy day fund.

Healthcare

Strickland signed an executive order requiring insurance companies to offer policyholders the option to add or keep unmarried children on their insurance policies up to age 28.

Social issues

On the issue of

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, Strickland delayed three executions until further review and commuted five death sentences. Strickland chose not to commute three additional executions, including two that eventually occurred. The March 20, 2007 execution of

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, which Strickland did not commute, was later stayed by the

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. Biros was eventually executed in December 2009. Strickland voted against

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while in the U.S. House. Strickland signed Ohio's

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legislation in 2008, which established a presumption that a person acts in self-defense when shooting someone who unlawfully enters his or her home or occupied vehicle. The legislation was supported by the

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. Strickland held office when a constitutional amendment passed allowing casinos to be built in

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, Toledo and

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. Although originally opposed to the idea of allowing such types of gambling into the state, potential revenue shortfalls caused him to consider the option. More so, the implementation of video lottery terminals at Ohio racetracks also was considered as a revenue source, and Strickland said for about a year that he would ask the courts to weigh in on whether the executive branch has the authority to implement slots through the Ohio Lottery Commission. As governor in 2010, Strickland opposed legislation allowing the

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. After leaving office he reversed his stance on the issue, however, and later in 2015 stated his support for legalizing recreational use.

Theft of Ohio government computer backup tape

The theft of an Ohio government computer backup tape in June 2007 was widely reported in the media after authorities revealed that the tape contained names and Social Security numbers of 64,000 state employees, 84,000 welfare recipients, and tens of thousands of others. In the wake of the theft, Strickland issued an executive order to change the practices for handling state data.

Database searches of Joe the Plumber

Strickland's Director of the

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(ODJFS),

Helen Jones-Kelley Helen Jones-Kelley is the former Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), Ohio's largest agency, from 2007 to 2008. During her tenure she received substantial media attention for various ODJFS-related activities, and for ...

, was involved in the controversial Ohio database searches of Joe Wurzelbacher during the final weeks of the 2008 presidential campaign. She bore ultimate responsibility for the unauthorized background checks run on Wurzelbacher, an Ohio Republican known as

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. Jones-Kelley was suspended without pay by Strickland and investigated by the Ohio Attorney General. She resigned in December, and Strickland appointed Douglas E. Lumpkin to replace her.

Vice-presidential speculation

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Strickland was mentioned as a possible Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 2008. He denied that he would accept a position on the ticket if offered. Strickland spoke on the second night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Journalists

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and

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credited Strickland with delivering the best line of the convention: "You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on third base and thought he'd hit a triple. Well, with the 22 million new jobs and the budget surplus Bill Clinton left behind, George W. Bush came into office on third base and then he stole second. And John McCain cheered him every step of the way."

2010 gubernatorial campaign

Strickland sought re-election as governor in 2010. On January 19, 2010, he chose Yvette McGee Brown, a former juvenile court judge from central Ohio, as his running mate. Strickland faced Republican

and his running mate,

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Mary Taylor, in the general election. Kasich defeated Strickland by two percentage points.

Post-gubernatorial career

In March 2011, Kasich signed Senate Bill 5, which was intended to curtail the

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of Ohio public employees. Strickland was involved in gathering the petition signatures necessary to warrant a public referendum. With over two million signatures, the petition put the Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal on the November 2011 ballot, where it passed with more than 60% of the vote. Strickland became a resident fellow at the

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in spring 2012. Strickland spoke on the first night of the

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in a speech against the policies of Republican nominee

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. President Obama nominated Strickland to be one of the alternate representatives to the

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in September 2013, but his confirmation was delayed through the end of the year by Republican opposition in the Senate. In April 2014, Strickland became president of the

, a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Strickland left that position in February 2015.

2012 DNC controversy

At the

, where

Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa (; né Villar Jr.; born January 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Villaraigosa was a national co-chairman of Hillary ...

was Chairman, the original 2012 party platform caused controversy after it was written, because the lack of typical invocations and references to

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and God-given rights as well as lack of language affirming the role of

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as the capital of

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. Both of these matters had been included in some previous platforms. On the second day, September 5, former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland introduced an amendment on the floor of the convention to reinsert language invoking God and recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Convention Chairman Villaraigosa put the amendment to a voice vote requiring a two-thirds majority for passage. After the first vote was indecisive, Villaraigosa called for a second vote, which was again met with an equal volume of "ayes" and "nos". A woman standing to his left said, "You've got to rule, and then you've got to let them do what they're gonna do." Villaraigosa called a third vote with the same result. Villaraigosa then declared the amendment passed, causing an eruption of boos on the floor.

Political stances

Climate change

As Governor of Ohio, Ted Strickland worked to pass renewable energy legislation he says "helped address the issue of climate change." In 2013, he said "the debate on whether climate change exists is over. … The debate now must be focused on how climate change is affecting our communities." In 2015, he said "I believe climate change is a problem; we've got to transition."

2016 U.S. Senate election

On February 25, 2015, Strickland announced his intention to run for the

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against incumbent

. On March 31, 2015, former President

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endorsed Strickland. In September 2016, Strickland's campaign was reported to be increasingly faltering. With poor poll results against Portman, at least two major political action committees withdrew millions of dollars in funding for advertising for Strickland, choosing instead to focus on other major Senate races in which advertising was considered more likely to make a difference. Strickland lost the 2016 general election by a large margin to Portman, 58%–37%.

Electoral history

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1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

, , , Ted Strickland , align="right" , 118,003 , , 51% , , , , align="right" , 111,907 , , 49% , , * , , , , , - , 1998 , , , Ted Strickland , align="right" , 102,852 , , 57% , , , , align="right" , 77,711 , , 43% , , , , , , - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, , , Ted Strickland , align="right" , 138,849 , , 58% , , ,

Mike Azinger Michael Thomas Azinger is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 3rd district since January 11, 2017. Prior to this, Azinger represented the 10th District in the West Virginia House of Del ...

, align="right" , 96,966 , , 40% , , , Kenneth R. MacCutcheon , ,

, align="right" , 4,759 , align="right" , 2% , - ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, , , Ted Strickland , align="right" , 113,972 , , 59% , , , Mike Halleck , align="right" , 77,643 , , 41% , , , , , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, , , Ted Strickland , align="right" , 223,842 , , 100% , , , ''(no candidate)'' , align="right" , , , , , * , , , , *Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1996, write-ins received 16 votes. In 2004, John Stephen Luchansky received 145 votes.

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