Rob Burch (politician)

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Rob Burch
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 3, 1985 - December 31, 1996
Preceded by Bill Ress
Succeeded by Greg DiDonato
Personal details
Born April 30, 1946 (age 69)
South Bend, Indiana, United States
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Jan Burch (m. 1968)
Residence Avon Lake, Ohio, South Bend, Indiana, Sarasota, Florida, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Alma mater Notre Dame University (B.A.) The Ohio State University (J.D.)

Robert Lawrence Burch Jr. is an American politician of the Democratic party.

In 1994, Burch, then an Ohio state senator, was the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor and he ran to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. George Voinovich. Burch's campaign was woefully underfunded against Voinovich's $8 million warchest and although he campaigned hard, his name never registered with the public and he was buried in the general election, winning only a quarter of the vote and joining his fellow Ohio Democrats in a series of defeats.[1]

In 1996 and 1998, Burch ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives (Ohio's 18th district), but lost to incumbent Republican Robert W. Ney both times.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Ohio
1994
Succeeded by
Lee Fisher


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