48 Facts About Ted Strickland

Theodore Strickland was born on August 4,1941 and is an American politician who served as the 68th governor of Ohio from 2007 to 2011.

Ted Strickland was narrowly defeated for re-election in the 2010 gubernatorial election by former US Representative John Kasich.

Ted Strickland was born in Lucasville, Ohio, the son of Carrie and Charles Orville Ted Strickland.

Ted Strickland received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in psychology from Asbury College in 1963.

Ted Strickland then returned to the University of Kentucky to earn his Ph.

Ted Strickland is married to Frances Strickland, an educational psychologist.

Ted Strickland worked as a counseling psychologist at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

Ted Strickland was an administrator at a Methodist children's home and was a professor of psychology at Shawnee State University.

Ted Strickland was a minister at a Methodist church in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Patrick J Buchanan, Vice President Dan Quayle, and Oliver North came to Ohio to campaign for McEwen, but Strickland narrowly won in the general election on November 3,1992.

Ted Strickland began serving in January 1993 in the 103rd Congress.

Ted Strickland was among the many Democrats who lost their offices in the Republican surge of 1994, narrowly losing to businessman Frank Cremeans.

Ted Strickland reclaimed his seat two years later in a similarly narrow victory, and took office in January 1997 with the 105th Congress.

Ted Strickland faced a strong challenge from Lieutenant Governor Nancy Hollister in 1998, but turned it back; in the next three elections he was reelected by large margins, running unopposed in 2004.

Ted Strickland served on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Veterans' Affairs Committee.

Ted Strickland was sworn in as governor on January 8,2007.

Ted Strickland won the Democratic primary on May 2,2006, with 80 percent of the vote.

Ted Strickland's endorsements included the Fraternal Order of Police and the Ohio Federation of Teachers.

In September 2006, a group called Republicans for Ted Strickland publicly announced their support for Ted Strickland at a press conference.

In January 2008, facing a revenue shortfall, Ted Strickland ordered a $733 million reduction in state spending, including job cuts and the closure of state mental hospitals.

Ted Strickland cut another $540 million from the budget in September 2008.

In December 2008, Ted Strickland announced a $640 million budget gap.

In 2009, Ted Strickland signed legislation which postponed the last of five scheduled income tax rate reductions from 2009 until 2011.

That same year, Ted Strickland signed an executive order overhauling business regulations.

In 2010, Strickland supported the renewal of the Third Frontier program in 2010.

Some estimates claim Ohio would have experienced a $7 billion deficit if Ted Strickland had not made such moves and cuts to the Ohio budget.

Ted Strickland signed an executive order in 2007 that unified the state's higher education system by creating the University System of Ohio.

Ted Strickland pushed to cut funding of school vouchers, which critics said would reduce educational choice available to the public.

In 2007, Ted Strickland signed legislation exempting military veterans' retirement benefits from state taxation.

Ted Strickland signed an executive order creating a council to oversee the eventual establishment of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services as a cabinet-level agency.

Ted Strickland signed an executive order requiring insurance companies to offer policyholders the option to add or keep unmarried children on their insurance policies up to age 28.

Ted Strickland chose not to commute three additional executions, including two that eventually occurred.

The March 20,2007 execution of Kenneth Biros, which Strickland did not commute, was later stayed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati.

In 2020, Ted Strickland endorsed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Ohio, saying "the system of justice is not perfect, and death is final", and expressed regret that he did not block executions entirely as governor.

Ted Strickland signed Ohio's castle doctrine legislation in 2008, which established a presumption that a person acts in self-defense when shooting someone who unlawfully enters his or her home or occupied vehicle.

Ted Strickland held office when a constitutional amendment passed allowing casinos to be built in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus.

Ted Strickland bore ultimate responsibility for the unauthorized background checks run on Wurzelbacher, an Ohio Republican known as Joe the Plumber.

Jones-Kelley was suspended without pay by Strickland and investigated by the Ohio Attorney General.

Ted Strickland was mentioned as a possible Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 2008.

Ted Strickland denied that he would accept a position on the ticket if offered.

Ted Strickland spoke on the second night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Ted Strickland faced Republican John Kasich and his running mate, Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor, in the general election.

Ted Strickland was involved in gathering the petition signatures necessary to warrant a public referendum.

Ted Strickland became a resident fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics in spring 2012.

Ted Strickland spoke on the first night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in a speech against the policies of Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

President Obama nominated Strickland to be one of the alternate representatives to the United Nations in September 2013, but his confirmation was delayed through the end of the year by Republican opposition in the Senate.

In September 2024, Ted Strickland was one of several former governors to sign an open letter to all 50 current governors urging them to certify their states' votes after the upcoming November election.

On February 25,2015, Strickland announced his intention to run for the United States Senate against incumbent Republican Rob Portman.