2008.11.05: November 5, 2008: Headlines: COS - Senegal: Congresss: Election2008: WLWT: Senegal RPCV Steve Driehaus wins Congressional Seat in Ohio

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Senegal RPCV Steve Driehaus wins Congressional Seat in Ohio

Senegal RPCV Steve Driehaus wins Congressional Seat in Ohio

Buoyed by an influx of Democratic presidential voters, Steve Driehaus topped Rep. Steve Chabot for the U.S. 1st District seat in Ohio. After college, Steve volunteered for the Peace Corps serving in Senegal, West Africa. He worked with village groups and local schools to promote sustainable environmental practices. Driehaus returned from the Peace Corps and served as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at Indiana University. He coordinated several programs, including the highly acclaimed South African Internship Program sponsored by the United States Information Agency. This program was the largest professional exchange program between the United States and the “New” South Africa.

Senegal RPCV Steve Driehaus wins Congressional Seat in Ohio

Driehaus Upsets Chabot For 1st District Win

Schmidt Holds Onto 2nd District Seat

POSTED: 5:09 am EST November 5, 2008
UPDATED: 12:36 pm EST November 5, 2008

CINCINNATI -- Buoyed by an influx of Democratic presidential voters, Steve Driehaus topped Rep. Steve Chabot for the U.S. 1st District seat in Ohio.

Driehaus won with 52 percent of the vote, about 10,000 more votes than Chabot received.

Chabot was running for his eighth term on Tuesday. Two years ago, he beat Cincinnati councilman John Cranley to hold onto his seat.

In the 2nd District race, Rep. Jean Schmidt held off Democrat Victoria Wulsin and Independent David Krikorian to hang onto her seat.

Results were delayed until early Wednesday morning due to a computer problem at the Hamilton County Board of Elections.

In the 8th District, Rep. John Boehner cruised to an easy win, while Rep. Mike Turner kept his 3rd District seat.




About Steve Driehaus

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“Steve Driehaus is one of the brightest, best prepared and hardest-working legislators in Columbus.” - Cincinnati Enquirer

Governor Ted Strickland, Steve and wifeSteve Driehaus is a husband, father, community leader and state representative. First elected in 2000, Driehaus represents the people of western Cincinnati, Addyston, Cheviot, Cleves, and North Bend. In the legislature, Steve Driehaus has fought to expand health care coverage and led the charge against predatory lending and foreclosures in Hamilton County that led Governor Ted Strickland to create the Governor’s Foreclosure Task Force.

Steve Driehaus is a leading voice on economic and fiscal issues that impact middle class families. Steve opposed Bob Taft’s sales tax increase and championed tax cuts for senior citizens.

For his efforts, Driehaus is recognized as one of Ohio’s political rising stars by the Cincy Business Magazine Power 100 list. He was named legislative “Rookie of the Year” by the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Legislator of the Year” by both the Ohio Association of Election Officials and the ARC of Ohio, and selected as one of the Cincinnati Business Courier’s “Forty Under Forty."

A pro-life, fiscally conservative Democrat, Steve Driehaus is running for Congress because he believes that our Cincinnati communities need new leadership and a strong, new voice. Steve Driehaus will work to restore fiscal responsibility to Washington, get our economy back on track, fight rising crime rates, and put the people’s interest ahead of both political parties and powerful Washington special interests.

Steve was President of his class Elder High School and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Miami University and a Masters degree in Public Affairs (MPA) with concentrations in Public Finance and Comparative International Affairs from Indiana University.

After college, Steve volunteered for the Peace Corps serving in Senegal, West Africa. He worked with village groups and local schools to promote sustainable environmental practices.

Driehaus returned from the Peace Corps and served as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at Indiana University. He coordinated several programs, including the highly acclaimed South African Internship Program sponsored by the United States Information Agency. This program was the largest professional exchange program between the United States and the “New” South Africa.

Driehaus is the former Executive Director and now a Senior Associate at the Community Building Institute (CBI) in Cincinnati. CBI is a collaborative effort of Xavier University and United Way & Community Chest that promotes citizen-led, asset-based community development. In his position, Driehaus supports economic development initiatives, facilitating neighborhood planning processes and working with community leaders.





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