Ted Strickland

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Theodore Strickland (born August 4, 1941) is an American politician who served as the 68th governor of Ohio from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Ohio's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995, and again from 1997 to 2007. A native of Lucasville, Ohio, Strickland earned degrees from Asbury University, Asbury Theological Seminary, and the University of Kentucky. He worked as a psychologist and United Methodist Church minister before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1992. After narrowly losing re-election in the 1994 Republican Revolution, he regained his seat in 1996. In the 2006 Ohio gubernatorial election, Strickland defeated Ohio secretary of state Ken Blackwell in a landslide, receiving 60 percent of the vote. Strickland's governorship was largely defined by the economic challenges of the Great Recession. He was narrowly defeated for re-election in the 2010 Ohio gubernatorial election...

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