Bob McEwen was a conservative Republican member of the United States
House of Representatives from southern Ohio's Sixth District from
January 3 1981, to January 3 1993. Tom Deimer of Cleveland's Plain
Dealer described him as a "textbook Republican ... opposed to
abortion, gun control, high taxes, and costly government programs."
McEwen, who had easily won three terms in the Ohio House, was elected
to Congress at the age of thirty to replace a retiring representative
in 1980 and easily won re-election five times. After a bruising
primary battle with another incumbent whose district was combined with
his in which McEwen faced charges of bouncing checks on the House
bank, he narrowly lost the 1992 general election to Democrat Ted
Strickland. Following an unsuccessful run in the adjacent Second
District in 1993, McEwen was largely absent from the Ohio political
scene for a decade until, in 2005, he unsuccessfully sought the
Republican nomination for Congress in the Second District special
election to replace Rob Portman, who beat him in 1993, and finished
second to the ultimate winner in the general election, Jean Schmidt.
In 2006, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the
Second District.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1889:
The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United
States was constructed between Willamette Falls and downtown Portland,
Oregon.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_power_transmission)
1937:
The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_of_the_United_Kingdom)
1940:
World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ended with a German tactical
victory.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk)
1944:
Charles de Gaulle became Prime Minister of France.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle)
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Wikiquote of the day:
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lose. This is our problem." -- Lawrence Lessig
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig)