Steve Driehaus
Steve Driehaus | |
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Catherine Barrett | |
Succeeded by | Denise Driehaus |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 33rd district | |
In office January 2001 – January 2003 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Luebbers |
Succeeded by | Tyrone Yates |
Personal details | |
Born | Steven Leo Driehaus June 24, 1966 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Lucienne Driehaus |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Denise Driehaus (sister) |
Residence(s) | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Education | Miami University (BA) Indiana University Bloomington (MPA) |
Steven Leo Driehaus (born June 24, 1966) is an American politician and former
The district included the western four-fifths of Cincinnati, as well as suburbs north and west of the city in Hamilton and Butler counties.[1] He was formerly a four-term member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 31st District from 2001 to 2009. His Ohio State House district included western Cincinnati and all of Addyston, Cheviot, Cleves and North Bend, Ohio.
Early life and education
Driehaus, a 1984 graduate and class president of Elder High School in Cincinnati,[2] studied political science at Miami University while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988. He earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995.[3][4][5]
Career
He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal where he worked with village groups and local schools as a natural resource volunteer to promote sustainable environmental practices from 1988 to 1990.[6]
Driehaus then served as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at
Ohio House of Representatives
Driehaus served four consecutive terms.[8] He served as Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives from the beginning of his third term in January 2005 until he resigned from the position to be replaced by Fred Strahorn in December 2007 due to his campaign.[9]
Driehaus took a leadership role on issues such as election law and redistricting reform.[10] He took issue with information privacy in the state. [clarification needed][11]
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee assignments
- Committee on Financial Services[12]
- Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
- Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform[13]
- Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
- Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Driehaus was a centrist politician. Right-wing local paper
Political campaigns
Ohio House campaigns
In 2000, Driehaus ran for the Ohio House of Representatives from the 33rd district, which at the time included
The incumbent,
Driehaus did not have an opponent in any of his Democratic primaries,[21][22][23][24][25] and he earned at least 57% shares of the vote in each of his general elections for state legislature.[15][26][27][28]
2006 elections
Driehaus had been the choice of the
Based on the
2008 congressional campaign
Although Driehaus passed on the 2006 race, he began planning a run for the district in 2008 almost as soon as the 2006 election cycle ended. This was largely because he was barred from running for a fifth term in the state house.[32] Ohio's 1st district was very high on the target list for the Democrats in both 2006 and 2008.[33][34] Seven-term Republican incumbent Steve Chabot, elected in the Republican wave of 1994, had won the district consistently, but with varying margins.[1] He had won the seat with less than 55% of the vote in four of his seven previous victories.[8]
In previous elections, the 1st congressional district was hotly contested. It narrowly favored Democratic
In the midst of the
Although a marginally Republican district, 27 percent of the district's voters are African-American — one of the highest percentages for a Republican-held district in the 109th Congress. The district includes nearly all of Cincinnati's African-American voters. In the November 4 election, Driehaus defeated incumbent Chabot with 52 percent of the vote, largely on the strength of a 16,000-vote margin in Hamilton County. Barack Obama carried the district with 55 percent of the vote. [citation needed]
2010 congressional campaign
Driehaus was challenged by Republican nominee and his predecessor, former U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot, as well as Libertarian nominee James Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson.[42] As Chabot was ahead in public opinion polls, the DCCC pulled its financial support for TV ads from the Driehaus campaign, indicating to NBC pundit Chuck Todd that they expected Driehaus to be defeated,[43] which he was, 52% to 45%.[44][45] Until the inauguration of Greg Landsman, Driehaus was the last Democrat to have represented Cincinnati in Congress.
In October 2012 Driehaus filed a criminal complaint against the
Electoral history
Date | Office | District | Democrat | Votes | Percentage | Republican | Votes | Percentage |
November 7, 2000 | Ohio House of Representatives | 33[15] | Steve Driehaus | 19,263 | 57.26% | Tony Condia | 14,377 | 42.74% |
November 5, 2002 | Ohio House of Representatives | 31[26] | Steve Driehaus | 13,916 | 65.21% | Sheryl Ross | 7,425 | 34.79% |
November 2, 2004 | Ohio House of Representatives | 31[27] | Steve Driehaus | 26,330 | 69.36% | Terry Weber | 11,634 | 30.64% |
November 7, 2006 | Ohio House of Representatives | 31[28] | Steve Driehaus | 15,557 | 67.33% | Scott Gehring | 7,550 | 32.67% |
November 4, 2008 | U.S. House of Representatives |
Ohio's 1st[47] | Steve Driehaus | 155,089 | 52.45% | Steve Chabot | 140,469 | 47.5% |
November 2, 2010 | U.S. House of Representatives |
Ohio's 1st[48] | Steve Driehaus | 92,672 | 45.99% | Steve Chabot | 103,770 | 51.49% |
Peace Corps
In March 2011, Driehaus was selected for an approximately two and a half years tenure as the
Personal life
Driehaus was raised in Green Township by H. Donald and Clare Driehaus, along with his seven siblings.[2] He lives with his wife, Lucienne, in Price Hill, Cincinnati. They are congregants at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic parish.[5][51] His father, Don Driehaus, is a former Hamilton County Democratic Party co-chairman.[2][7]
He was succeeded in the Ohio House of Representatives by his sister Denise.[52] Their father died on September 21, 2008, aged 75.[2]
In 2018, Driehaus launched GoodGovernmentGroup, a consulting firm based in Cincinnati.[53]
References
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- ^ Quarterly, Congressional (April 19, 2007). "Democrats Trying Again for Three Ohio Seats That Eluded Them in 2006". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
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- ^ Chuck Todd (October 11, 2010). "Dems pull support from first House incumbent this cycle". First Read at NBC. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010.
- ^ O'Keefe, P.J. (November 2, 2010). "Chabot defeats Driehaus in rematch". KYPost.com. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ "Chabot Claims Victory; Driehaus Concedes: Chabot Vows To Repeal Health Care Reform". WLWT. November 3, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
- ^ "Rep. Driehaus files defamation lawsuit over SBA List's abortion funding claims", catholicnewsagency.com; accessed April 21, 2014.
- ^ "Election Results". www.sos.state.oh.us. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
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External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Steve Driehaus for Congress official campaign site
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Profile at Vote Smart