Mike DeWine

Richard Michael DeWine (born January 5, 1947) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. DeWine is the 70th Governor of Ohio since 2019. He is a former United States Senator from Ohio.^[3]

Mike DeWine
70th Governor of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2019
Lieutenant	Jon Husted Jim Tressel
Preceded by	John Kasich
50th Attorney General of Ohio
In office January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019
Governor	John Kasich
Preceded by	Richard Cordray
Succeeded by	Dave Yost
United States Senator from Ohio
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Howard Metzenbaum
Succeeded by	Sherrod Brown
59th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
In office January 14, 1991 – November 12, 1994
Governor	George Voinovich
Preceded by	Paul Leonard
Succeeded by	Nancy Hollister
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by	Bud Brown
Succeeded by	Dave Hobson
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 10th district
In office January 2, 1981 – December 13, 1982
Preceded by	John Mahoney
Succeeded by	Dave Hobson
Prosecutor of Greene County
In office 1977–1981
Preceded by	Nicholas Carrera[1]
Succeeded by	William Schenck[2]
Personal details
Born	Richard Michael DeWine (1947-01-05) January 5, 1947 (age 78) Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Frances Struewing ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	8, including Pat
Residence	Governor's Mansion
Education	Miami University (BA) Ohio Northern University (JD)

DeWine was born on January 5, 1947 in Springfield, Ohio. He studied at Miami University and at Ohio Northern University. He is married to Frances Struewing. A political veteran with a long career in Ohio politics, DeWine's first big office was a state senate seat, which he entered in 1981. After terms in the United States House of Representatives and a term as the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, he won a United States Senate seat, replacing Howard Metzenbaum. However, in 2006, DeWine lost the seat in a landslide to Sherrod Brown.

DeWine made a political comeback in 2010, when he won an election to be the Attorney General of Ohio. On May 26, 2016, DeWine announced his candidacy for Governor of Ohio in the 2018 election.^[4] He defeated Richard Cordray in November 2018.