Steve LaTourette
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Steve LaTourette
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| Assumed office January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Sawyer |
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| Born | July 22, 1954 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jennifer Laptook LaTourette |
| Residence | Concord, Ohio |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Cleveland State University |
| Occupation | attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 14th congressional district.
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[edit] Early life and career
A graduate of Cleveland Heights High School (1972) and the University of Michigan, LaTourette studied law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.
After a stint as a public defender, LaTourette was elected the County Prosecutor of Lake County, Ohio and served from 1989 to 1995. There, he made his name prosecuting the Kirtland serial murders that were organized by mass-murderer and outlaw Mormon, Jeffrey Lundgren.
[edit] U.S. House of Representatives
LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent Eric Fingerhut. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003. After another district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the 2000 Census, LaTourette's district was renumbered to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, northeastern Summit County, northern Trumbull County, Ashtabula County, and Lake County. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is ranking member of that committee's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime and a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. Following his decision to vote to admonish then Majority Leader Tom DeLay, DeLay replaced LaTourette on the House Ethics Committee.[1] He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee. In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006, which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.
[edit] Committee assignments
[edit] Electoral history
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
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| 1994 | Eric Fingerhut | 89,701 | 43% | Steven C. LaTourette | 99,997 | 48% | Ronald Young | Independent | 11,364 | 6% | Jerome Brentar | Independent | 5,180 | 3% | |||||
| 1996 | Thomas Coyne, Jr. | 101,152 | 41% | Steven C. LaTourette | 135,012 | 55% | Thomas Martin | Natural Law | 10,655 | 4% | |||||||||
| 1998 | Elizabeth Kelley | 64,090 | 34% | Steven C. LaTourette | 126,786 | 66% | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Dale V. Blanchard | 101,842 | 32% | Steven C. LaTourette | 206,639 | 65% | Sid Stone | Libertarian | 10,367 | 3% |
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
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| 2002 | Dale V. Blanchard | 51,846 | 28% | Steven C. LaTourette | 134,413 | 72% | * | |||||||
| 2004 | Capri S. Cafaro | 119,714 | 37% | Steven C. LaTourette | 201,652 | 63% | ||||||||
| 2006 | Lewis R. Katz | 97,753 | 39% | Steven C. LaTourette | 144,069 | 58% | Werner J. Lange | Nonpartisan | 8,500 | 3% | ||||
| 2008 | William O'Neill | 124,554 | 38.72% | Steven C. LaTourette | 187,709 | 58.35% | David Macko | Libertarian | 9,446 | 2.94% |
[edit] Personal life
In October 2003 Susan LaTourette accused her then husband of conducting an extramarital affair subsequent to his filing for divorce.[3] LaTourette briefly hinted of marital troubles two years previous to the October 2003 filing after a congressional directory incorrectly said he was divorced.[4] In October 2004 there was a brief controversy when some photographs of Latourette indicating his spending an evening at the residence of Jennifer Laptook, his former chief of staff, surfaced during the election.[5] LaTourette subsequently married Jennifer Laptook in 2005.[6]
[edit] See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008
- Ohio's 19th congressional district
- Ohio's 14th congressional district
- List of United States Representatives from Ohio
[edit] References
- ^ Tom DeLay’s Transgressions: A Pattern of Misbehavior
- ^ a b "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
- ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
- ^ The Plain Dealer (October 15, 2004) Angry congressman says he has acted ethically
- ^ The Hill (February 23, 2005) Was Rehnquist 'Deep Throat'?
[edit] External links
- Congressman Steven C. LaTourette official U.S. House website
- 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
- Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
- Current Bills Sponsored at StateSurge.com
- Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
- Profile at SourceWatch Congresspedia
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Eric Fingerhut |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th congressional district 1995–2003 |
District eliminated after 2000 Census |
| Preceded by Thomas C. Sawyer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th congressional district 2003 – present |
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