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|state=Ohio

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|terms=January 6, 1999 – Present

|terms=January 6, 1999 – January 5, 2011

|preceded=John H. Glenn, Jr.

|preceded=John H. Glenn, Jr.

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|succeeded=[[Rob Portman]]

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'''George Victor Voinovich''' (born July 15, 1936) is the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Ohio]] and a member of the [[Republican Party]]. Voinovich announced he will retire from the Senate when his term expires in January 2011. Previously he served as [[Mayor]] of [[Cleveland]] from  1980-1989 and [[Governor]] of [[Ohio]] from 1991-1999.  

'''George Victor Voinovich''' (born July 15, 1936) is the former [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Ohio]] and a member of the [[Republican Party]]. Voinovich announced he would retire from the Senate when his term expired in January 2011. Previously he served as [[Mayor]] of [[Cleveland]] from  1980-1989 and [[Governor]] of [[Ohio]] from 1991-1999.  

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

In July 2009, Voinovich attacked southern conservatives, saying to The Columbus Dispatch "we got too many [[Jim DeMint]]s and [[Tom Coburn]]s. It's the southerners, They get on TV and go 'errrr, errrrr. People hear them and say, 'These people, they're southerners. The party's being taken over by southerners. What they hell they got to do with Ohio?'"<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/vitter-defends-south-valu_n_247335.html</ref> Conservative [[Louisiana]] Senator [[David Vitter]] responded, "He's a moderate, really wishy-washy. I'm on the side of conservatives getting back to core conservative values." Also in July, Voinovich voted against gun owners carrying firearms between states.

In July 2009, Voinovich attacked southern conservatives, saying to The Columbus Dispatch "we got too many [[Jim DeMint]]s and [[Tom Coburn]]s. It's the southerners, They get on TV and go 'errrr, errrrr. People hear them and say, 'These people, they're southerners. The party's being taken over by southerners. What they hell they got to do with Ohio?'"<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/vitter-defends-south-valu_n_247335.html</ref> Conservative [[Louisiana]] Senator [[David Vitter]] responded, "He's a moderate, really wishy-washy. I'm on the side of conservatives getting back to core conservative values." Also in July, Voinovich voted against gun owners carrying firearms between states.

Some of Voinovich's stances are conservative, he has voted with his Republican colleagues 66.5% of the time.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/v000126/</ref> Voinovich voted against the $827 billion stimulus package, "I voted against this bill because it is weighed down by too much spending that is not stimulative and will not provide the jump-start our economy so desperately needs."<ref>http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=71795c66-f9d7-0280-2710-167e85ea83fb&Region_id=&Issue_id=</ref> During the [[2008 Presidential Election]], Voinovich said of [[Barack Obama]] "He is left of [[Ted Kennedy]]. With all due respect, the man is a [[socialist]]."<ref>http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/george_voinovich_calls_barack.html</ref>

Some of Voinovich's stances are conservative, he voted with his Republican colleagues 66.5% of the time.<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/v000126/</ref> Voinovich voted against the $827 billion stimulus package, "I voted against this bill because it is weighed down by too much spending that is not stimulative and will not provide the jump-start our economy so desperately needs."<ref>http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=71795c66-f9d7-0280-2710-167e85ea83fb&Region_id=&Issue_id=</ref> During the [[2008 Presidential Election]], Voinovich said of [[Barack Obama]] "He is left of [[Ted Kennedy]]. With all due respect, the man is a [[socialist]]."<ref>http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/10/george_voinovich_calls_barack.html</ref>

== References ==

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