Pat Tiberi

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Pat Tiberi
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 2001
Preceded by	John Kasich
Born	October 21, 1962 (1962-10-21) (age 46) Columbus, Ohio
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Denice Tiberi
Residence	Galena, Ohio
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Occupation	real estate agent
Religion	Roman Catholic

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi (born October 21, 1962 in Columbus, Ohio) is a Republican politician from Ohio. Since 2001, he has been a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 12th congressional district. The district includes just under half of Columbus, as well as many of its suburbs.

The son of Italian immigrants, Tiberi was born in Columbus and attended the city's Woodward Park Middle school, then Northland High School. Tiberi attended The Ohio State University where he was a member of the The Ohio State University Marching Band. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1985 with a degree in journalism and was the first in his family to graduate from college. He was later awarded an honorary doctorate in the Humanities by Capital University in May, 2005.

Upon graduation from college, Tiberi worked as a realtor for RE/MAX Achievers, a franchise of RE/MAX, located in Lewis Center, Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1993, and he soon rose to the position of House Majority Leader. In 2000, Tiberi ran for and won the House seat that was vacated by nine-term incumbent John Kasich, who retired to work as a consultant for Lehman Brothers. He only won by nine points in a district that had long been considered to be far friendlier to the Democrats than the neighboring 15th, despite Kasich's long tenure. However, Tiberi hasn't faced a close race since, in part because his district was redrawn after the 2000 census to be more Republican.

As a congressman, Tiberi has authored legislation that made it easier for returning military veterans to receive federal jobs and provided for more federal assistances to caregivers of incapacitated adults. Both of the bills were passed in 2006.

In 2006, Tiberi won reelection after defeating former Democratic Congressman Bob Shamansky. Tiberi recently defeated Democrat David Robinson in the 2008 election.

[edit] Committee assignments

• Committee on Ways and Means
  • Subcommittee on Social Security
  • Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
  • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures (Ranking Member)

[edit] Electoral history

[edit] See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008
• List of United States Representatives from Ohio

[edit] References

¹ Franklin County Democratic Party, www.fcdp.org.

[edit] External links

• Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi official U.S. House website
• Pat Tiberi for Congress official campaign site

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Profile at SourceWatch Congresspedia