31 Facts About Zack Space

Zachary T Space was born on January 27,1961 and is an American lawyer and politician and the former US Representative for, serving from 2007 until 2011.

Zack Space ran unsuccessfully for Ohio State Auditor in 2018, significantly outperforming other members of the ticket in Appalachian Ohio counties.

Zack Space is currently serving as President of Sunday Creek Horizons, a lobbying and advocacy firm founded in 2019 that serves clients in eastern and southern Ohio.

Zack Space was born on January 27,1961, in Dover, Ohio.

Zack Space's family is of Greek origin, originating from the island Icaria.

Zack Space's last name was an alteration of his grandfather's Greek name.

Zack Space's father, Socrates Space, was a Democratic chairman in Space's home county of Tuscarawas.

Zack Space then earned a Juris Doctor from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

In 1986, Zack Space started a law practice with his father, Socrates.

The elder Zack Space was active in local politics, serving a long tenure as Chairman of the Tuscarawas County Democratic Party.

Zack Space is a member of the Tuscarawas County and State of Ohio Bar Associations.

Zack Space won re-election in 2001 with 70 percent of the vote, and was unopposed in the 2003 election.

Zack Space is an advocate for embryonic stem cell research, a position he embraced after his son Nicholas was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at age six.

Representative Zack Space voted against the final Senate version of the Affordable Care Act after voting for the House version which included a public option.

Zack Space voted for the Waxman-Markey "cap and trade" bill allowing it to be brought out of committee and be passed by the House.

On May 2,2006, Zack Space won the Democratic primary for the House seat then held by Bob Ney, defeating Democrats Jennifer Stewart, Joe Sulzer, and Ralph Applegate.

Zack Space received 39 percent of the vote, Stewart 25 percent, Sulzer 24 percent, and Applegate received 11 percent.

Zack Space was dogged by questions about a business bankruptcy that she and her husband had filed.

Zack Space was seriously hampered by associations with Ney, as well as widespread scandals surrounding the Ohio Republican Party.

Zack Space was challenged by Republican State Senator Bob Gibbs and Constitution Party Lindsey Sutton.

Zack Space formally announced his campaign for Ohio Auditor of State in August 2017 with stops in Martins Ferry, Zanesville, Columbus, and Lima.

Zack Space focused his campaign around using the auditor's office to restore confidence in Ohio's democratic process.

Zack Space pledged to expose pay-to-play in Ohio's state government and mitigate against the influence of money in politics.

Zack Space embarked on an "Ohio River Tour to Restore" in November 2017, holding 11 campaign events over three days in Scioto, Lawrence, Gallia, Meigs, Athens, Monroe, Belmont, and Jefferson counties along the Ohio River.

In January 2018, as a campaign point Zack Space called on politicians who took campaign contributions from the founders of the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow to donate those monies back to local public schools.

In June 2018, Zack Space announced a plan to form a unit in the Auditor's office to investigate the full extent of the for-profit charter school scam in Ohio.

Zack Space's proposal was criticized by Faber, who argued that the auditor was already responsible for auditing all charter schools in Ohio.

Zack Space argued these failures would make Faber a hypocritical state auditor.

Zack Space is a managing member of several closely held companies that have constructed and operated hotels in Tuscarawas County.

Zack Space has served as a board member for the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections, the Tuscarawas County Board of Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities, the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations, the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, CoalBlue, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, and as a steering committee member for the Central Ohio Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Clean Fuels Ohio.

Zack Space is a member of St George Greek Orthodox Church of Massillon, Ohio.