DENNIS KUCINICH
Name: Dennis John Kucinich
Born: 8 October 1946 Cleveland, Ohio
Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic
member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008
elections.
Kucinich currently represents the 10th District of Ohio in the House of
Representatives. His district includes most of western Cleveland as well as
suburbs such as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. He is currently the chairman of the
Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform. He is also a member of the Education and Labor Committee.
From 1977 to 1979, Kucinich served as the 53rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, a
tumultuous term in which he survived a recall election and was successful in a
battle against selling the municipal electric utility before being defeated for
reelection by George Voinovich.
Kucinich was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 8, 1946, as the eldest of the
seven children of Frank and Virginia Kucinich. His father, a truck driver,
was of Croatian ancestry; his Irish American mother was a homemaker. Growing
up, his family moved twenty-one times and Kucinich was often charged with the
responsibility of finding apartments they could afford.
He attended Cleveland State University from 1967 to 1970. In 1973, he
graduated from Case Western Reserve University with both a BA and an MA in
speech and communication. Kucinich was baptized a Roman Catholic. He is
twice-divorced, with a daughter, Jackie, from his marriage to Sandra Lee
McCarthy. He married his third wife, Elizabeth Harper, a British citizen, on
August 21, 2005. The two met while Harper was working as an assistant for the
Chicago-based American Monetary Institute, which brought her to Kucinich's House
of Representatives office for a meeting. Mrs. Kucinich is thirty-one years his
junior.
On December 19, 2007, his youngest brother, Perry Kucinich, was found dead in
his home. There was no sign of foul play.
In 2003, Kucinich was the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award, an annual award
bestowed by the Religious Society of Friends-affiliated organization Promoting
Enduring Peace.
Name: Dennis John Kucinich
Born: 8 October 1946 Cleveland, Ohio
Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a Democratic
member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2004 and 2008
elections.
Kucinich currently represents the 10th District of Ohio in the House of
Representatives. His district includes most of western Cleveland as well as
suburbs such as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. He is currently the chairman of the
Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform. He is also a member of the Education and Labor Committee.
From 1977 to 1979, Kucinich served as the 53rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, a
tumultuous term in which he survived a recall election and was successful in a
battle against selling the municipal electric utility before being defeated for
reelection by George Voinovich.
Kucinich was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 8, 1946, as the eldest of the
seven children of Frank and Virginia Kucinich. His father, a truck driver,
was of Croatian ancestry; his Irish American mother was a homemaker. Growing
up, his family moved twenty-one times and Kucinich was often charged with the
responsibility of finding apartments they could afford.
He attended Cleveland State University from 1967 to 1970. In 1973, he
graduated from Case Western Reserve University with both a BA and an MA in
speech and communication. Kucinich was baptized a Roman Catholic. He is
twice-divorced, with a daughter, Jackie, from his marriage to Sandra Lee
McCarthy. He married his third wife, Elizabeth Harper, a British citizen, on
August 21, 2005. The two met while Harper was working as an assistant for the
Chicago-based American Monetary Institute, which brought her to Kucinich's House
of Representatives office for a meeting. Mrs. Kucinich is thirty-one years his
junior.
On December 19, 2007, his youngest brother, Perry Kucinich, was found dead in
his home. There was no sign of foul play.
In 2003, Kucinich was the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award, an annual award
bestowed by the Religious Society of Friends-affiliated organization Promoting
Enduring Peace.