37 Facts About Bob McEwen

Bob McEwen was a member of the United States House of Representatives from southern Ohio's Sixth District, from January 3,1981, to January 3,1993.

Bob McEwen earned a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida in 1972.

Bob McEwen attended Ohio State University's College of Law for one year from 1972 to 1973.

Bob McEwen is a member of many fraternal organizations and civic groups, including Sigma Chi, the Farm Bureau, the Grange, Rotary International, the Jaycees, and the Optimist Club.

Bob McEwen's district contained parts of Clinton, Fayette, Greene, and Highland Counties and all of Madison County.

Harsha was neutral in the eight-man primary that Bob McEwen won but supported Bob McEwen in the general election where he defeated psychologist and minister Ted Strickland, Harsha's opponent in 1976 and 1978, who went on to become Governor of Ohio.

In Congress, Bob McEwen, who "had a reputation as a man who thinks about politics every waking moment," claimed Congressional Quarterly, was a staunch conservative, advocating a strong military.

When Bob McEwen was first elected in 1980, the Sixth District of Ohio consisted of Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Scioto, and Ross Counties plus Clermont County outside the city of Loveland, Harrison Township in Vinton County and the Warren County townships of Clearcreek, Deerfield, Hamilton, Harlan, Massie, Salem, and Wayne.

In October 1987, encouraged by Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, McEwen announced he would challenge Senator Howard M Metzenbaum, a Democrat, in his 1988 bid for re-election, but McEwen found he lacked statewide support and would face a strong primary challenger in Cleveland mayor George V Voinovich.

Bob McEwen's name was floated in 1991 as a possible challenger in 1992 to Ohio's other senator, John Glenn, another Democrat, but Bob McEwen did not enter the race.

Bob McEwen was easily re-elected to the House in every election but his last.

The tally was 117,200 to 47,415 in a race where Mitchell was outspent seventeen-to-one, Bob McEwen spending $196,934 and Mitchell $11,171.

Bob McEwen served on the Public Works and Transportation and Veterans' Affairs Committees from his election to 1991.

Bob McEwen was chosen for the Rules Committee by Republican leader Bob Michel of Illinois, but McEwen would grumble that "the Committee on Rules is stacked in a partisan manner 2 to 1 plus 1" by the Democratic majority.

Martin Gottlieb of the Dayton Daily News, a Democratic newspaper, thought Bob McEwen's performances showed why he had remained in the background previously:.

Bob McEwen seems to be selling himself to the nation's conservatives as an attractive spokesman.

Bob McEwen often joined his fellow Republicans in making special order speeches in the House, which occur after the business for the day has concluded and are made to a nearly empty chamber.

Bob McEwen easily won re-election in every race save his last and was seen as unbeatable in his district.

When Ohio Secretary of State Bob McEwen Taft dismissed Miller's charges of voting irregularities in Highland, Hocking and Warren counties, Miller filed suit in the Ohio Supreme Court.

Pat Buchanan, the conservative columnist who challenged President Bush in the 1992 presidential primaries, came to Ohio to campaign for Bob McEwen, as did Vice President Dan Quayle and Oliver North.

Bob McEwen then sought election to the House in the Second District near Cincinnati, immediately west of his former district, and which contained some territory he represented in the 1980s.

Bob McEwen was endorsed by Oliver North, whose prosecution in the Iran-Contra Affair Bob McEwen had labeled a "political witch hunt" when he was in Congress.

Bob McEwen criticized Portman for being a lobbyist for Oman.

Bob McEwen brought his former House colleague Jack Kemp to Ohio to campaign for him.

Bob McEwen faced questions about the bounced checks he had written on the House bank.

Bob McEwen says he used to 'demand perfection' of himself.

Bob McEwen founded FreedomQuest International, an international investment banking firm based in Washington, DC McEwen took to the lecture circuit, delivering speeches for $10,000 apiece.

Days after President George W Bush nominated Second District Congressman Rob Portman to be United States Trade Representative in March 2005, McEwen announced he would run for Portman's seat.

Bob McEwen then moved from his home in Fairfax Station, Virginia and purchased a second residence, a condominium in Hamilton County's Anderson Township, east of Cincinnati.

Bob McEwen drew upon his connections and quickly had high-profile endorsements from Focus on the Family leader James Dobson, former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese, Cincinnati Bengals player Anthony Munoz, American Family Association president Donald Wildmon, Citizens for Community Values anti-pornography crusader Phil Burress, and former New York congressman Jack Kemp, who came to the district to campaign for him.

Dewine charged Bob McEwen had "wasted taxpayers' money" by having the most expensive Congressional office of any Ohio member of the US House and criticized Bob McEwen's bouncing of 166 checks on the House bank.

Bob McEwen finished second with 11,663, Brinkman was third with 9,320, and DeWine, who spent $1 million on his campaign, finished a distant fourth with 5,467.

On December 16,2005, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Bob McEwen was considering challenging Schmidt for her congressional seat in 2006 and had formed an exploratory committee.

On January 18,2006, Bob McEwen confirmed that he would run in the May 2 primary against Jean Schmidt.

Bob McEwen started his campaign with little in the way of reserve cash.

Bob McEwen won Adams, Brown, Pike, and Scioto counties while Schmidt won Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren.

Bob McEwen believes the international response is driven by French financial interests in the country.