Republican Surprise: 10 More Scott Browns
Scott Brown's surprise victory in the Massachusetts Senate Race has given Republicans new confidence in challenging Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections. Here's a look at ten GOP congressional contenders who could follow in Brown's wake
Steve Stivers: Ohio-15
By SAM JEWLER Monday, Feb. 01, 2010
Ohio's 15th District has been the site of close battles in the last two election cycles, and this year should be no different.
In 2006, Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy lost to the long-time incumbent by just 1,000 votes. Two years later she won, defeating Republican candidate Steve Stivers by just over 2,000 votes.
Now Stivers is back for a rematch, this time with promises of heavier backing from House Minority Leader John Boehner and the Republican Party - and an attitude. "When you've been shot at by real bullets, negative political attacks just don't matter," said Stivers, who has served in the Ohio National guard since 1985, including a stint in Iraq, and is now a Lieutenant Colonel.
An active Ohio state senator from 2003 to 2008, Stivers pushed legislation on tort reform, expanding health care coverage, cutting taxes and freezing college tuition rates.
For her part, Kilroy has consistently voted along party lines in the House.
If public outrage over government spending persists she stands little chance of winning in a district that has recently provided tiny margins of victory and in which she was the first congressional Democratic since 1966.
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