24 Facts About Steve Driehaus

Steven Leo Driehaus was born on June 24,1966 and is an American politician and former US Representative for, serving from 2009 until 2011.

Steve Driehaus was formerly a four-term member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 31st District from 2001 to 2009.

Steve Driehaus earned a Master of Public Administration from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995.

Steve Driehaus served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal where he worked with village groups and local schools as a natural resource volunteer to promote sustainable environmental practices from 1988 to 1990.

Steve Driehaus then served as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at Indiana University.

Steve Driehaus is a member of the Price Hill Civic Club and serves on the Board of Seton High School.

Steve Driehaus was a part-time political science instructor at Xavier University.

Steve Driehaus began his political career as an aide for Cincinnati City Council Member Todd Portune and former US Rep.

Steve Driehaus served as Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives from the beginning of his third term in January 2005 until he resigned from the position to be replaced by Fred Strahorn in December 2007 due to his campaign.

Steve Driehaus took a leadership role on issues such as election law and redistricting reform.

Steve Driehaus took issue with information privacy in the state.

Steve Driehaus had a reputation as an anti-abortion fiscal conservative.

In 2000, Steve Driehaus ran for the Ohio House of Representatives from the 33rd district, which at the time included Delhi Township, Price Hill, Sayler Park and other parts of western Hamilton County.

Steve Driehaus had been the choice of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to run in Ohio's 1st congressional district for the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections, but he decided to run for re-election in his Ohio House of Representatives seat.

Steve Driehaus had been elected as the Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives, replacing Dale Miller for the beginning of the 2005 session, in a November 2004 vote after being reelected to his third term.

Steve Driehaus survived his own challenge from Scott Gehring with a 2:1 victory margin in the 2006 election for his state house seat.

Seven-term Republican incumbent Steve Driehaus Chabot, elected in the Republican wave of 1994, had won the district consistently, but with varying margins.

Until the 2022 election of Greg Landsman, Steve Driehaus was the last Democrat to have represented Cincinnati in Congress.

In October 2012 Driehaus filed a criminal complaint against the Susan B Anthony List claiming the organization violated Ohio law against making false statements in a campaign advertisement.

Steve Driehaus later sued the List, claiming the group caused his "loss of livelihood" by "defaming" him by saying he supported taxpayer funded abortion due to his vote for the Affordable Care Act.

In March 2011, Steve Driehaus was selected for an approximately two and a half years tenure as the Peace Corps' director of HIV and AIDS education in Swaziland.

Steve Driehaus's father, Don Driehaus, is a former Hamilton County Democratic Party co-chairman.

Steve Driehaus was succeeded in the Ohio House of Representatives by his sister Denise.

In 2018, Steve Driehaus launched GoodGovernmentGroup, a consulting firm based in Cincinnati.