Political career Ken Blackwell

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from 1979 1980, blackwell served mayor of cincinnati, ohio. earlier, had been member of cincinnati city council.


one of first orders of business of blackwell s administration mayor of cincinnati establishment of crowd control task force stemming deaths of 11 concert fans @ concert british rock group @ riverfront coliseum on december 3, 1979.


blackwell member of charter party, cincinnati s third party, supported left-leaning voters. however, when began consider statewide , national offices, became republican.


blackwell served in administration of president george h. w. bush undersecretary in department of housing , urban development 1989 1990. returned cincinnati run first district seat in united states house of representatives being vacated tom luken. blackwell lost luken s son, charlie luken, narrow 51% 49% margin. following close defeat, president bush appointed blackwell ambassador united nations commission on human rights. blackwell served in post 1992 1993.


blackwell appointed ohio state treasurer then-gov. george voinovich in 1994 complete term of mary ellen withrow, appointed u.s. treasurer president bill clinton. blackwell elected treasurer in 1994 , elected ohio secretary of state in 1998. year, blackwell considered run governor, ohio republican party chairman robert t. bennett persuaded blackwell run secretary of state instead, leaving governorship open bob taft. blackwell national chairman of longtime friend steve forbes presidential campaign in 2000. blackwell re-elected secretary of state in 2002.


blackwell, strict fiscal , social conservative, has become vocal critic of moderate wing of ohio republican party, including taft, adopting tax increases in face of budget shortfalls in recent years. has demanded resignation of ohio house of representatives speaker larry householder, republican, staff became embroiled in fund-raising scandals.


he prominent republican support adding amendment state constitution prohibit same-sex marriage. state s republican u.s. senator george voinovich , then-senator mike dewine opposed amendment s broad language, fearing bar not same-sex marriage civil unions, domestic partnerships, , possibly wills , legal contracts homosexuals. taft later came out against amendment, expressing concern ambiguous language have unintended consequences , leave state open number of lawsuits. during campaign blackwell lobbied hard measure , credited attracting many conservative evangelical african americans polls vote measure , bush s re-election. amendment passed approval of 62% of voters.








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