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'''Donald E. Lukens''', known as '''Buzz Lukens''' (born February 11, 1931), is a former [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Ohio]].  He was elected in 1966 and served just one term. He ran for [[governor]] of Ohio in 1970, but lost in the pruimary to incumbent [[James A. Rhodes]]. He then successfully ran for the Ohio State Senate, in which he served from 1971 to 1986. With incumbent Congressman Tom Kindness, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in 1986, Lukens decided to run for the open House seat and was elected to the 101st Congress beginning in 1987. He was reelected to his third nonconsecutive term in 1988.

 

'''Donald Edgar Lukens''', known as '''Buz Lukens''' (born February 11, 1931 – May 22, 2010), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Ohio]].  He was elected in 1966 and served just one term. He ran for [[governor]] of Ohio in 1970, but lost in the pruimary to incumbent [[James A. Rhodes]]. He then successfully ran for the Ohio State Senate, in which he served from 1971 to 1986. With incumbent U.S. Representative Tom Kindness, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in 1986, Lukens decided to run for the open House seat and was elected to the 101st Congress beginning in 1987. He was reelected to his third nonconsecutive term in 1988.

Lukens' career came to an end when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.<ref>Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D9143CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case]</ref>

Lukens' career came to an end when an Ohio television station caught him on camera talking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl and admitting to sexual relations with the daughter. He was convicted by a grand jury in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" for paying the girl for sex in his apartment in November 1988.<ref>Columbus Dispatch, February 24, 1989</ref><ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D9143CF934A15756C0A96F948260 Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case]</ref>

Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and Speaker [[John Boehner]].  Before the election, Lukens was charged with fondling a [[U.S. Capitol|Capitol]] elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a [[psychologist]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm Congressional Sex Scandals in History]</ref>

Lukens refused to resign his seat, but lost his primary bid in 1990 to future House Minority Leader and subsequent Speaker [[John Boehner]].  Before that election, Lukens was charged with fondling a [[U.S. Capitol|Capitol]] elevator operator and sentenced to thirty days in jail and ordered to see a [[psychologist]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/congress.htm Congressional Sex Scandals in History]</ref>

"Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000509 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]</ref> Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the [[House Banking Scandal]] investigated by a task force in 1995. He is retired in [[Florida]].

"Buz" Lukens resigned from Congress on October 24, 1990.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000509 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]</ref> Subsequently, in 1996 he was convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges related to the [[House Banking Scandal]] investigated by a task force in 1995. He retired to [[Florida]] but died in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] at the age of seventy-nine.

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