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Bob McewenRobert D. "Bob" McEwen (born January 12, 1950), was a Republican U.S. representative from Ohio's Sixth District from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1993. In March 2005, there were news reports he was considering another run for Congress from the Second District of Ohio. Born in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida in 1972. He also has a law degree from the Ohio State University in Columbus. McEwen had politics in his blood. After only two years in the family business he was, at the age of 24, elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from1974 to 1980. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980, defeating Ted Strickland, having previously directed two of his predecessor William Harsha's campaigns. In Congress, wrote Congressional Quarterly, he was the "trusty sidekick Sancho Panza to Bob Dornan of California, both tilting at the liberal windmills." He was a staunch conservative advocating a strong military and reducing government spending. The latter, however, did not stop him from obtaining projects for his district -- dams, roads, locks and whatnot. McEwen also served on the Rules and Intelligence Committees. In October 1987, encouraged by Phil Gramm of Texas, McEwen announced he would challenge Sen. Howard Metzenbaum in 1988, but he lacked much support and soon dropped out. He was easily re-elected to the House in every election but his last. In 1988 he received 74 percent of the vote and in 1990 71 percent. Congressional Quarterly pronounced him "invincible" in his district. After Ohio lost two seats in the 1990 reapportionment, his district was merged with that of Clarence E. Miller, another Republican from southern Ohio, who was expected to retire. Miller, however, had a strong distaste for McEwen and decided to challenge him in the Republican primary. McEwen was caught up in the House Bank scandal. Initially he denied bouncing any checks, then he admitted maybe he had bounced a few, and then it was revealed to have been more than a hundred. The primary was so close it forced a recount and a lawsuit. In the final count, McEwen won 33,194 votes to Miller's 32,908. McEwen's previous district was in southwestern and south-central Ohio but now found himself running in the Sixth Congressional District, a huge area stretching from the Cincinnati suburb of Lebanon in Warren County to Marietta on the opposite side of the state, territory that he did not know and which did not know him. He was narrowly defeated by Ted Strickland in the general election. When Willis Gradison, who represented the Cincinnati suburbs, resigned his seat in 1993, McEwen moved to Blue Ash to run in the special election but was defeated by Rob Portman. McEwen remained active in politics. Since 1997, he has been a partner with eleven other former Members of Congress in the Washington firm Advantage Associates, a lobbying and consulting firm. He is also the founder of FreedomQuest International, an international investment banking firm based in Washington, D.C. In March 2005, the Associated Press and The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that McEwen was again considering running for the second district seat after President George W. Bush nominated Portman to be United States Trade Representative. McEwen is married to the former Liz Boebinger and has four children Meredith, Jonathan, Robert, and Elizabeth. McEwen divides his time between Hillsboro and Washington. There is a water treatment plant in Clermont County, Ohio, named for McEwen. See also External links McEwen, Bob McEwen, Bob McEwen
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