Steve LaTourette

Steve LaTourette
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 14th district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by Tom Sawyer
Succeeded by Dave Joyce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th district
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by Eric Fingerhut
Succeeded by District eliminated
Personal details
Born (1954-07-22) July 22, 1954
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Susan LaTourette (1982–2003)
Jennifer Laptook (2003–present)
Alma mater University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Cleveland State University

Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 19th congressional district and then Ohio's 14th congressional district from 1995 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. On July 30, 2012, it was reported that he would retire at the end of his term and not seek re-election. He subsequently co-founded a lobbying firm.[1]

Early life, education and career

LaTourette was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Patricia Munn and Eugene LaTourette, an accountant.[2] 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 self-proclaimed prophet, Jeffrey Lundgren.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

LaTourette is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006, which sought to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.

Positions

On Thursday, March 17, 2011 LaTourette became one of only seven Republicans who voted "NO" on a measure introduced in the US House of Representatives to strip all government funding from NPR.[3]

In a meeting with transit advocates, LaTourette disparaged fellow legislators, referring to them as "knuckledraggers that came in in the last election that hate taxes," due to their reluctance to even consider revenue as part of a compromise to extend the debt ceiling.[4][5]

On June 28, 2012, LaTourette was one of only two Republicans (along with Scott Rigell of Virginia) who voted against a motion to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress, though he did vote to bring civil charges against Holder, for his handling of the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal.[6]

Political campaigns

1994

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 represented the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, northeastern Summit County, northern Trumbull County, northern Portage County, Ashtabula County, Lake County, and Geauga County.

2008

2010

LaTourette defeated Democratic nominee and former Appellate Court judge Bill O'Neill in the general election, along with Libertarian nominee and accountant John Jelenic.

2012

On July 30, 2012 it was reported that LaTourette would retire at the end of his term and not seek re-election.[7]

Electoral history

Ohio's 19th congressional district: Results 1994–2000[8]
Year Democratic 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[8]
Year Democratic 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%
2008 William O'Neill 125,214 39% Steven C. LaTourette 188,488 58% David Macko Libertarian 9,511 [9] 3%
2010 William O'Neill 72,604 31% Steven C. LaTourette 149,878 65% John Jelenic Libertarian 8,383 4%
Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2002, Sid Stone received 113 votes.

Post-congressional career

LaTourette has established a Super PAC, Defending Main Street. The PAC was created to curb the influence of the Tea Party movement in the Republican Party.[10]

Despite his previous opposition to same-sex marriage, in 2015, LaTourette signed a Supreme Court brief to overturn state bans on the practice.[11]

In mid-2014 LaTourette discovered that he had pancreatic cancer. Consequently he filed a claim in May 2015 against the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress citing a lack of information in that regard when he was observed earlier.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Recently Retired Boehner Ally Opens DC Lobbying Shop". Tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150530005523/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/20/fashion/weddings/20lapt.html?_r=0. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 192". Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  4. ↑ Archived March 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Obama’s Big and Quiet Transformation Feb 7, 2013 New York Review of Books
  6. ↑ "Congressional Bills and Votes - NYTimes.com". Politics.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  7. ↑ "Rep. Steve LaTourette to retire from Congress, sources say". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  8. 1 2 "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  9. ↑ Federal Elections 2008. Federal Elections Commission, Washington DC, July 2009
  10. ↑ Reinhard, Beth (24 October 2013). "Inside the Messy but Moneyed Republican Plan to Neutralize the Tea Party". National Journal. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Ex-Rep. Steve LaTourette, Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County sign Supreme Court briefs to support same-sex marriage". cleveland.com. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  12. ↑ Taylor, Andrew (2015-05-27). "Former Rep. LaTourette files claim vs US over missed cancer". Associated Press. Retrieved 2015-05-29.

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