Dennis Kucinich
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Dennis John Kucinich was born [[Oct 8]], 1946, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, [[Ohio]] as the eldest of the seven children of Frank and Virginia Kucinich. His father, a truck driver, was of part-Yugoslavian descent; his Irish-American mother was a homemaker. | Dennis John Kucinich was born [[Oct 8]], 1946, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, [[Ohio]] as the eldest of the seven children of Frank and Virginia Kucinich. His father, a truck driver, was of part-Yugoslavian descent; his Irish-American mother was a homemaker. | ||
| − | In 1973, he graduated from Case Western Reserve University with both a BA, and an MA in speech and communication. He was Mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979. | + | He was a Cleveland city councilman, first elected in 1968. In 1973, he graduated from Case Western Reserve University with both a BA, and an MA in speech and communication. He was Mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979. |
He has been married three times, the first two ending in divorce. He has a daughter, Jackie, from his marriage to Sandra Lee McCarthy. He married his third wife, Elizabeth Harper, a British citizen, on 21 August 2005. Dennis currently represents Ohio's 10th District in the US House of Representatives. | He has been married three times, the first two ending in divorce. He has a daughter, Jackie, from his marriage to Sandra Lee McCarthy. He married his third wife, Elizabeth Harper, a British citizen, on 21 August 2005. Dennis currently represents Ohio's 10th District in the US House of Representatives. | ||
