Steve LaTourette

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Steve LaTourette
Steve LaTourette
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 14th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 1995
Preceded by Tom Sawyer
Born July 22, 1954 (1954-07-22) (age 53)
Cleveland, Ohio
Political party Republican
Spouse Susan LaTourette (divorced)
Jennifer Laptook LaTourette
Religion Methodist

Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 14th congressional district.

A graduate of Cleveland Heights High School (1972) and the University of Michigan, LaTourette studied law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.

After a stint as a public defender, LaTourette was elected the County Prosecutor of Lake County, Ohio and served from 1989 to 1995. There, he made his name prosecuting the Kirtland serial murders that were organized by mass-murderer and outlaw Mormon, Jeffrey Lundgren.

LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent Eric Fingerhut. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003. After another district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the 2000 Census, LaTourette's district was renumbered to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, northeastern Summit County, northern Trumbull County, Ashtabula County, and Lake County. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is ranking member of that committee's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime and a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. Following his decision to vote to admonish then Majority Leader Tom DeLay, DeLay replaced LaTourette on the House Ethics Committee.[1] He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

In October of 2003 Susan LaTourette accused her then husband of conducting an extramarital affair subsequent to his filing for divorce.[2] LaTourette briefly hinted of marital troubles two years previous to the October 2003 filing after a congressional directory incorrectly said he was divorced.[3] In October 2004 there was a brief controversy when some photographs of Latourette indicating his spending an evening at the residence of Jennifer Laptook, his former chief of staff, surfaced during the election.[4] LaTourette subsequently married Jennifer Laptook in 2005.[5]

In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006, which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.

Contents

[edit] Committee Assignments

  • Financial Services Committee
    • Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
    • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
    • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    • Subcommittee on Aviation
    • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (Ranking Member)
    • Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
  • Co-chair of the Northeast Midwest Coalition
    • Co-chair of the Manufacturing Task Force

[edit] See also

[edit] Electoral history

Ohio's 14th congressional district: Results 1994–2000[6]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
1994 Eric Fingerhut 89,701 43% Steven C. LaTourette 99,997 48% Ronald Young Independent 11,364 6% Jerome Brentar Independent 5,180 3%
1996 Thomas Coyne, Jr. 101,152 41% Steven C. LaTourette 135,012 55% Thomas Martin Natural Law 10,655 4%
1998 Elizabeth Kelley 64,090 34% Steven C. LaTourette 126,786 66%
2000 Dale V. Blanchard 101,842 32% Steven C. LaTourette 206,639 65% Sid Stone Libertarian 10,367 3%
Ohio's 14th congressional district: Results 2002–2006[6]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
2002 Dale V. Blanchard 51,846 28% Steven C. LaTourette 134,413 72% *
2004 Capri S. Cafaro 119,714 37% Steven C. LaTourette 201,652 63%
2006 Lewis R. Katz 97,753 39% Steven C. LaTourette 144,069 58% Werner J. Lange Nonpartisan 8,500 3%
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2002, Sid Stone received 113 votes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tom DeLay’s Transgressions: A Pattern of Misbehavior
  2. ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
  3. ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
  4. ^ The Plain Dealer (October 15, 2004) Angry congressman says he has acted ethically
  5. ^ The Hill (February 23, 2005) Was Rehnquist 'Deep Throat'?
  6. ^ a b Election Statistics. Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.

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Preceded by
Eric Fingerhut		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th congressional district
1995–2003		 District eliminated after 2000 Census
Preceded by
Thomas C. Sawyer		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 14th congressional district
2003 – present		 Incumbent
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