Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)

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Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 4, 2007–
Preceded by Ted Strickland
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born January 18, 1943 (age 64)
Bridgeport, Ohio
Political party Democratic
Spouse single
Religion Roman Catholic

Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson (b.January 18, 1943 in Bridgeport, Ohio) is a Democratic politician from the U.S State of Ohio. He currently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Wilson was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1996 and to the State Senate in 2004. In 2006, he was elected to serve as the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 6th Congressional District, the seat formerly held by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

Wilson graduated from Ohio University, B.S.; Graduate of Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He has four sons and eight grandchildren.[citation needed] He has spent his career in the funeral home business.

Ohio state law requires that a candidate for Congress submit 50 valid signatures from constituents in his district to qualify for a place on the primary ballot. When Wilson's signatures were verified by the Columbiana County Board of Elections, only 46 of the 93 signatures submitted could be verified as legal residents of the Ohio 6th [1]. As such, during the Democratic primary Election on May 2, 2006, Charlie Wilson's name did not appear on the ballot. Wilson's campaign launched a massive effort, aided by the national party and organized labor to 'write-in' Charlie Wilson's name during the Primary Election. The campaign was successful, with Wilson winning 66.75% of the Democratic vote [2]. Wilson faced Republican nominee Chuck Blasdel in the November General Election, and won with 61% of the vote.

He joined Blue Dog Coalition, a group of conservative congressional Democrats, after being elected to Congress.

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Preceded by
Ted Strickland		 U.S. Representative from Ohio's 6th Congressional District
2007-		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators: George Voinovich (R), Sherrod Brown (D)

Representative(s): Steve Chabot (R), Jean Schmidt (R), Mike Turner (R), Jim Jordan (R), Paul Gillmor (R), Charlie Wilson (D), Dave Hobson (R), John Boehner (R), Marcy Kaptur (D), Dennis Kucinich (D), Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D), Pat Tiberi (R), Betty Sutton (D), Steve LaTourette (R), Deborah Pryce (R), Ralph Regula (R), Tim Ryan (D), Zack Space (D)

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