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Ted Strickland
134,913 votes
57.6%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Congressman
- Congressman Ted Strickland was born on August 4, 1941 in Lucasville, Ohio. The son of a steelworker, and one of nine children.
- Education: Northwest High School in Lucasville, Ted attended Asbury College (B.A.in History), Asbury Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity)
- University of Kentucky (Ph. D. in Psychology).
- Ted is married to Frances Smith Strickland, an educational psychologist. Professionally, Ted has served as a minister, a psychologist, and a college
- professor.
- Ted serves on the House Commerce Committee, where he helped author the Children's Health Insurance Program and the Patients' Bill of Rights.
Mike Azinger
94,600 votes
40.4%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Selling life,home, auto withAzinger-Fittro Insurance Agency
- Education: He graduated from Hyles-Anderson Bible College and then seminary.
- Mike Azinger was born and raised in the mid-Ohio Valley
- He ran for Congress in 1998 against former Congressman Frank Cremeans, Lt. Gov. Nancy Hollister, and two other candidates.
- As a newcomer to politics in 1998, Mike surprised the political pundits by garnering an impressive 21% of the vote in a 5-person race.
- In March 2000, Mike Azinger won the Republican Primary against Athens City Auditor Jimmy Stewart.
- Mike married his high school sweetheart, Jackie Derasmo. Jackie is a flight attendant with American Airlines. The Azingers live in Marietta.
Kenneth MacCutcheon
4,539 votes
1.9%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Wholesale Electrical Supply Distribution
- Education: Attended University of Cincinnati
- I am not an insider.
- I am not beholden to any special interest group or PAC.
- I truly understand the constitutional limitations placed on the federal government and will vote accordingly.
Priorities:
- Drastically cut federal spending, eliminate all foreign aid, subsidies, unconstitutional spending programs
- Drastically sut taxes, eliminate the income tax and replace it with nothing
- Uphold personal liberties of citizens, get us out of the United Nations
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