Party: RepublicanMilitary Experience: 23years in the Ohio National GuardRank: Lieutenant Colonel (current)Overseas experience: Served in Iraq and Kuwait in 2004-2005Previous offices: Five years in the state legislatureWebsite:www.stivers4congress.comOpponent: Mary Jo KilroyParty: DemocraticMilitary background: nonePrevious offices: Eight years as county commissionerWebsite:www.kilroyforcongress.comWhat local papers are saying:Kilroy blasts Stivers over lobbyist workCandidates square offLatest poll numbersNo district polls conducted yetRace profile: Both candidates are looking to fill the seat of retiring Rep, Deborah Pryce; Kilroy unsuccessfully challenged Pryce for the seat in 2006. Stivers took a year-long break from his state senate work during his deployment to Iraq.
Other Military Candidates:Mike Coffman (R)CO 6th
Allen West (R)FL 22nd
Jill Morgenthaler(D)IL 6thCharlie Summers (R)ME 1stNathan Bech (R)MA 1stSteve Sarvi (D)MN 2ndAshwin Madia (D)MN 3rdVince Micco (R)NJ 9thLee Zeldin (R)NY 1stKieran Michael Lalor (R)NY 19thWill Breazeale (R)NC 7thDuane Sand (R)ND at largeSteve Stivers (R)OH 15thJohn Boccieri (D)OH 16thRep. Patrick Murphy (D)PA 8thBill Russell (R)PA 22ndRob Miller (D)SC 2ndThomas Hermann (Prog)VTDuncan D. Hunter (R)CA 52ndMike Lumpkin (D)CA 52ndRick Noriega (D)TX (U.S. Senate)Sen. Lindsey Graham (R)SC (U.S. Senate)
Courtesy of stivers4congress.comSteve Stivers is running on the Republican ticket in Ohio's 15th District.
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