Michael F. "Mike" Curtin is a former Democratic member of the

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for the 17th district. He retired from The Dispatch Printing Company, the publisher of

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. He first joined the newspaper in 1973 as a reporter. He began covering the Ohio legislature as a reporter in 1982, and subsequently became public affairs editor and managing editor before retiring as associate publisher emeritus in 2007. He decided to run for the 17th district when he noticed that a redistricting left it without an incumbent. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the general election he was opposed by

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Nicholas A. Szabo, who he defeated with 62.6% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2014 after defeating Republican Mike Newbern, 55% to 45%.

Works

*''The Ohio Politics Almanac'' (1996)

References

External links

Campaign website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curtin, Michael F. Living people Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Ohio State University alumni American political journalists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians