Deleted:Jon A. Husted
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Jon A. Husted (born August 25, 1967) is an American politician of the Republican Party who currently serves as Ohio Secretary of State. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th district (portions of Montgomery County). He also previously served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009 and Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2009. He was elected Ohio Secretary of State on November 2, 2010, defeating Democratic candidate, Franklin County, Ohio Clerk of Courts Maryellen O'Shaughnessy.
Early life
Husted was born in the Detroit area in 1967, and subsequently abandoned by his biological parents. He was later adopted and was raised in Montpelier, Ohio.[1] He was a four sport athlete in high school, although he stated he didn't care for books.[1]
Husted was recruited for collegiate football and went on to play cornerback for the University of Dayton team. He said about arriving in Dayton "I had never been anywhere...I thought Dayton was the biggest city going."[1]
He earned All-American Defensive Back honors as a member of the 1989 Division III National Championship football team.[1]
Husted graduated from UD with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1989 and a Master of Arts degree in communications in 1992.
Political career
Husted almost took a job coaching football at University of Toledo, but instead chose to work for a congressional campaign after it resulted in a paycheck.[1] He then stayed in the Dayton area and worked for Montgomery County Commissioner Don Lucas and later as Vice-President of Business and Economic Development at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. He ran for state representative in 2000 and won in a five way race. In the Ohio House, Husted teamed up with fellow State Representatives Kevin DeWine and Tom Raga to win the speakership. Claims were made that Husted's rise had a "dark side," as he was aided with assistance from a special interest group who pushed Husted and promised large bonuses and contracts to consultants if he was made speaker.However Husted championed a campaign-finance bill in the Ohio congress that forced more disclosure from issue advocacy groups, like the one that allegedly provided him with assistance.[1]
After serving four terms in the legislature and becoming term limited, in 2008 Husted was elected to the Ohio Senate representing the 6th district. He also served as the co-chair in Ohio for the McCain for President campaign that year.[1] In 2009, he announced his candidacy for Ohio Secretary of State.[2]
On November 2, 2010 Sen. Husted was elected with a strong majority to the office of Ohio Secretary of State, defeating Franklin County, OH Clerk of Courts Maryellen O'Shaughnessy. He is the second former speaker of the Ohio House to be elected Secretary of State, and the first since 1905. He resigned his Senate seat late in 2010 in order to take his new office.[3]
Criticisms
Pedophilia legislation controversy
In 2006, the Ohio Senate passed a piece of legislation, S.B. 17, in favor of granting new rights to victims of pedophilia, however, Husted and his associates in the House were accused of gutting the legislation upon its arrival after allegedly being lobbied by Catholic Bishops. House bill Am. Sub. S. B. No. 17, written by Bill Seitz, resulted in a civil registry instead of a civil window in which to bring suit past the designated statute of limitations [4]
SNAP lawsuit
In 2007, Claudia Vercellotti of the "Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests," or SNAP, and others sued several members of the Ohio House, including Husted, for alleged obstruction during the hearings held regarding S.B. 17. Their claim was that because of alleged obstruction during the hearings, a violation of Ohio Revised Code, the House actions on Am. Sub. S. B. No. 17 should be ruled invalid. The actions, Vercelloti v. Husted and Frondorf v. Husted, were ultimately dismissed.[5]
Steel Development LLC controversy
On February 22, 2008, after delaying legislation, the House, under Husted's leadership was blamed, by Ted Strickland, for costing the state a chance at a $1 billion investment worth 500 jobs in southern Ohio from a steel consortium group called Steel Development LLC, which included European investors.[6][7]
Residency scandal
In October 2008, Husted became the subject of an electoral investigation concerning his residency. He has long claimed a home in Kettering as his official residence. However, someone discovered that house had a stack of newspapers going back six weeks on his front porch, with cobwebs forming over the front window.[1] Husted would admit he spent much of his time in Upper Arlington, a suburb of Columbus, with his family.
A divided local election panel sent the issue to the state, where the Secretary of State's office ultimately cast a vote which broke the tie, deciding that Husted was not a resident of the district he represented, based on utility bills which highlighted his official residence hadn't been used for quite some time.[8] In October 2009, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decision of the Secretary of State, saying that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner acted "erroneously" and "relied exclusively" on a single portion of the law while completely ignoring the rest, and in doing so made an "irrebuttable presumption" that was not constitutionally permissible.[8][9]
Nativity confusion
Husted claims on his 2010 campaign website he is a native of Ohio,[10] however, other sources claim he was actually born in Royal Oak, Michigan,[11] and he stated in an interview in 2008 he was born in the Detroit area.[1] Husted has actually spent all but the first month of his life in Ohio, when his parents adopted him from a Detroit area orphanage.
Early voting hours
Leading up to the 2012 election, Husted cast tie-breaking votes to enable Republicans on county election boards in some Democratic-leaning counties to establish regular office hours for early voting. In some counties more likely to vote for Mitt Romney, Democrats and Republicans on the boards voted to extend hours without the input of Secretary Husted. [12][13]
A day after The New York Times published an editorial pointing out the disparity, Husted delivered a directive that, for the first time in Ohio history, made early voting uniform across all counties.[12] Democrats complained that Husted's uniform hours would disenfranchise urban voters with long lines and curtailed access, while Republicans have stated that the directive provides for ample early voting hours.[14][15][16][17][18]
Husted's directive has been covered by a wide variety of Ohio media. The Akron Beacon Journal [19] said "Jon Husted has leveled the field for early voting hours." The Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote "What Husted has ordered may not completely satisfy anyone, but at least it treats everyone equally" [20] and the Columbus Dispatch said that "Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has struck a fair compromise by standardizing early-voting hours throughout the state." [21]
On August 31, 2012, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction preventing the early voting restrictions of Ohio House Bill 224, which prevented early voting on the last 3 days of the election..[22] Husted announced on September 4th that the state would not comply with a court ruling and allow early voting during the final weekend before the election until an appellate court rules on the matter. "Announcing new hours before the court case reaches final resolution will only serve to confuse voters and conflict with the standard of uniformity," Husted wrote in a memo. [23] However, after he was summoned to appear before a federal judge who had struck down the policy change and questioned his failure to comply with the court order, Husted relented, thus allowing counties to plan for early voting.[24] The case has been appealed to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.[25]
About 93,000 Ohioans voted in the final three days of early voting during the 2008 election. A study by Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates found African-Americans accounted for 56 percent of all in-person early votes in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, while they accounted for 26 percent of the county's votes overall. In Franklin County, which includes Columbus, African-Americans cast 31 percent of early votes and 21 percent of votes overall. [26]
Absentee ballots
CNN has reported in regard to the November 6, 2012 election:"One of the moves Jon Husted made was to send all 7 million registered voters in the state an application for an absentee ballot instead of waiting for those who wanted one to ask....One problem the state elections officials may now encounter is that if some of those who requested the absentee ballots try to vote on Tuesday they will be given a provisional ballot, one that will later need to be certified for its authenticity. As of Monday evening [November 5, 2012], 1.195 million of the 1.3 million absentee ballots that had been requested had been returned." [27] In Ohio, provisional ballots aren't opened until 10 days after the election. [28]
Electoral history
| Year | Office | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | N | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ohio House | Dick Church, Jr. | 18,698 | 38% | Jon Husted | 24,593 | 50% | * | ||
| 2002 | Ohio House | Gabrielle Williamson | 12,403 | 36% | Jon Husted | 22,468 | 64% | |||
| 2004 | Ohio House | John Shady | 19,640 | 35% | Jon Husted | 36,490 | 65% | |||
| 2006 | Ohio House | Unopposed | 0 | 0% | Jon Husted | 28,339 | 100% | |||
| 2008 | Ohio Senate | John Doll | 65,216 | 39% | Jon Husted | 103,975 | 61% |
Family
In 2005 Husted married his second (and current) wife Tina, a Columbus real estate agent. The couple have a toddler daughter, Katie, and an infant daughter Kylie along with his 14-year-old son, Alex, from his first marriage. [29]
External links
- Senator Jon Husted at Ohio Senate
- Husted for Ohio - Campaign website
- Representative Jon A. Husted (OH) at Project Vote Smart
- Follow the Money - Jon Husted
- 2006 2004 2002 HD-37 2002 HD-412000 campaign contributions
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Jon Husted won't say if he's a secretary of state candidate", Cleveland Plain Dealer. September 8, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ↑ "Former House Speaker Husted to run for secretary of state", Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 2, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.gongwer-oh.com/programming/news_articledisplay.cfm?article_ID=792340204&newsedition_id=7923402&locid=2
- ↑ "Ohio’s victims of clerical sexual abuse left frustrated by Senate Bill 17", Toledo City Paper. February 28th 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Vercelloti v. Husted", Ohio 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. January 17, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Electric Costs Doom Ohio Steel Mill", Manufacturing Management News. February 22, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ "Ohio Governor Blames Steel Plant Exodus on Delay of Energy Bill by House Speaker", ePluribus Media. February 22, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Supreme Court reverses decision on Husted residency", Columbus Business First. October 6, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/PIO/summaries/2009/1006/091707.asp
- ↑ "Biography", Husted For Ohio. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ↑ "Senator John A. Husted", Project Vote Smart. Retrieved December 24, 2009
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Overt Discrimination in Ohio". New York Times. 14 August 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/opinion/overt-discrimination-in-ohio.html. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20120824/NEWS01/208240304
- ↑ http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20120824/NEWS01/208240304
- ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/08/19/vote-for-fairness.html
- ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/08/husteds_decree_on_ballot_board.html
- ↑ http://www.ohio.com/editorial/editorials/battleground-ohio-1.327589
- ↑ Calabresi, Massimo, "Jon Husted: The Powerful Official Behind Ohio’s Vote", Time Swampland blog, November 06, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ http://www.ohio.com/editorial/editorials/battleground-ohio-1.327589
- ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/08/husteds_decree_on_ballot_board.html
- ↑ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/08/19/vote-for-fairness.html
- ↑ http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/ohio_early_voting_obama_romney.php
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/ohio-voting_n_1855238.html
- ↑ http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/ohio_husted_backs_down_early_voting.php
- ↑ http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ohio-will-appeal-expansion-of-early-voting
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/ohio-voting_n_1855238.html
- ↑ "Ohio secretay of state defends election decisions". CNN Political Ticker blog. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/05/ohio-secretary-of-state-defends-election-decisions/. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ "Editorial: Mr. Husted’s election". ToledoBlade.com. 3 November 2012. http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2012/11/03/Mr-Husted-s-election.html. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ↑ Marshall, Aaron (September 08, 2008). "Jon Husted won't say if he's a secretary of state candidate". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
