42 Facts About Mike Turner

Mike Turner's district, numbered as the 3rd district from 2003 to 2013, contains Dayton and Springfield, taking in part of Clark County and all of Montgomery and Greene Counties.

Mike Turner has served on the House Intelligence Committee including as its chair.

Mike Turner served as the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from 2014 to 2016.

Mike Turner is known for his hawkish national security stances.

Mike Turner was born in 1960 in Dayton, Ohio, to Vivian and Ray Mike Turner.

Mike Turner's mother was a teacher in the Wayne School system in Huber Heights and his father worked as a member of IUE Local 801 for 42 years after serving in the military.

Mike Turner was raised in East Dayton and has one sister.

Mike Turner graduated from Belmont High School in 1978 and received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the Ohio Northern University in 1982, a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University in 1985, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton in 1992, and a Doctor of Liberal Studies in urban economic development from Georgetown University in 2022.

Mike Turner practiced law with local firms and businesses in the Dayton area before entering politics.

Mike Turner was elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio, in 1993, narrowly defeating incumbent Mayor Richard Clay Dixon.

Mike Turner facilitated discussions with key leaders from the project's conception to its completion.

Mike Turner started a program called "Rehabarama", which attracted professionals to historic properties in the city.

Mike Turner was reelected in 1997 over Democratic city commissioner Tony Capizzi.

Mike Turner got a substantial assist from the 2000s round of redistricting.

Mike Turner again focused largely on economic issues of job creation and protection for workers affected by the national and regional recession.

Mike Turner was challenged in the 2020 Republican primary by Kathi Flanders.

Mike Turner is a member of the Armed Services and Government Reform committees.

In January 2003, Mike Turner was appointed to the Armed Services Committee, a position he has used to advocate for the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in his district, and to the Government Reform Committee.

Mike Turner has said that this is the largest single investment in Wright-Patterson since World War II.

Mike Turner has been endorsed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars PAC.

In October 2008, Mike Turner joined then Senator Hillary Clinton, First Lady Laura Bush, Senator Pete Domenici and Representative Brad Miller to announce the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would permanently authorize two historic preservation grant programs.

In February 2010, Mike Turner released a report on "The Impact of the Housing Crisis on Local Communities and the Federal Response" in conjunction with the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition.

Mike Turner indicated he would offer legislation based on the recommendations of the report.

Mike Turner voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and in the coming years repeatedly voted for its repeal.

Mike Turner opposed the "$1 trillion government takeover of our nation's health care system" because it would "increase budget deficits and decrease the quality of our health care services", he said.

Mike Turner was highly critical of the Obama administration's Phased Adaptive Approach and Nuclear Posture Review regarding the protection and defense of the US and allies.

In 2012, Mike Turner called for a missile defense site on the east coast of the United States, to defend against missiles launched from Iran.

In 2018, Mike Turner was named to the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Mike Turner's daughter had been across the street from the attack.

Mike Turner was one of three Ohio Republicans appointed to an Intelligence Committee that examined whether Trump had improperly withheld aid to Ukraine.

Mike Turner stated the conversation between Trump and the Ukrainian president was "not ok", but that impeachment was an "assault" on the electorate.

In February 2022, Mike Turner promoted debunked lies about the pleadings John Durham filed as special prosecutor, claiming that they proved that Hillary Clinton "spied" on Trump's presidential campaign and on Trump's White House.

Durham denied in open court that these allegations are a truthful interpretation of his pleadings, but Mike Turner continued to publicly disseminate the allegations.

On March 18,2024, Mike Turner indicated that he did not believe Donald Trump had been calling for violence when he used the word "blood bath" in a speech.

Mike Turner said that Johnson cited "concerns from Mar-a-Lago" when removing him, while Johnson denied to reporters that the removal was a "President Trump decision".

Mike Turner voted to certify both Arizona's and Pennsylvania's results in the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.

On March 3,2015, Montenegrin, Bosnian, and other Balkan-based news agencies reported that Mike Turner had involved himself in the Sutorina dispute between Bosnia and Montenegro, sending a letter of warning to Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic in which he suggested that if Bosnia did not give up its territorial dispute over Sutorina the United States might suspend its aid to Bosnia.

In March 2025, Mike Turner criticized Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska entity, alleging that Dodik was undermining the Dayton Peace Accords and seeking support from Russian President Vladimir Putin to destabilize the Balkans.

Mike Turner emphasized the importance of US and NATO involvement to promote peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At multiple times during his tenure in Congress, Mike Turner has faced protests from constituents for refusing to host public town hall events, presumably over fear that the events would draw strong backlash from constituents over Mike Turner's repeated efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as Republicans in neighboring districts and around the country had experienced.

Mike Turner married Majida Mourad on December 19,2015, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Dayton.

In May 2017, after less than two years of marriage, Mike Turner filed for divorce, alleging that Mourad was "guilty of a fraudulent contract".