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===Mayor===
 
===Mayor===
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He won the election for City Counsel, and in 1977 ran for mayor of Cleveland and won the election, becoming the youngest person ever to lead a major American city<ref> http://kucinich.house.gov/Biography/</ref>. Kucinich married Sandra Lee McCarthy, whom he divorced in 1986<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/763/000024691/</ref>. When he took over the Mayor’s office in Cleveland, he was handed over a city in disastrous economic conditions, all of which would be compounded under his administration. Under his administration, Cleveland would be the first city to go bankrupt since the [[Great Depression]]. Kucinich refused to grant a major bank in Cleveland, [[Cleveland Public Power]], request for the city to sell one of their municipal utility into the private sector. The disagreement between the bank and the mayor led to greater economic problems, causing the city to become the first to city to fall into [[default]] since the [[Great Depression]]<ref> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/primaries/kucinich_bio.html</ref>. Mayor Kucinich appointed a 19 year old into a key position of office and also placed a 24-year-old, with less then a year experience as a [[stockbroker]], in office as city [[finance director]]. Kucinich also got into a fight with the popular Cleveland Police Chief, whom he fired on live TV for insubordination. The [[Cleveland Police Department]] later went on strike protesting the Mayor’s budget cuts. The public outraged at his policy, gave him the nickname of, "Dennis the Menace,” and called for a recall election<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/763/000024691/</ref>. In 1978, as Kucinich threw out the first pitch wearing a bullet proof vest, nearly all 75,000 fans at the opening of [[Cleveland Municipal Stadium]] booed him. The recall took place and Kucinich just survived the recall by only 236 votes<ref> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/primaries/kucinich_bio.html</ref>.
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He won the election for City Council, and in 1977 ran for mayor of Cleveland and won the election, becoming the youngest person ever to lead a major American city<ref> http://kucinich.house.gov/Biography/</ref>. Kucinich married Sandra Lee McCarthy, whom he divorced in 1986<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/763/000024691/</ref>. When he took over the Mayor’s office in Cleveland, he received a city in disastrous economic conditions, all of which would be compounded under his administration. Under his administration, Cleveland would be the first city to go bankrupt since the [[Great Depression]]. Kucinich refused to grant a major bank in Cleveland, [[Cleveland Public Power]], request for the city to sell one of their municipal utility into the private sector. The disagreement between the bank and the mayor led to greater economic problems, causing the city to become the first to city to fall into [[default]] since the [[Great Depression]]<ref> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/primaries/kucinich_bio.html</ref>. Mayor Kucinich appointed a 19 year old into a key position of office and also placed a 24-year-old, with less then a year experience as a [[stockbroker]], in office as city [[finance director]]. Kucinich also got into a fight with the popular Cleveland Police Chief, whom he fired on live TV for insubordination. The [[Cleveland Police Department]] later went on strike protesting the Mayor’s budget cuts. The public outraged at his policy, gave him the nickname of, "Dennis the Menace,” and called for a recall election<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/763/000024691/</ref>. In 1978, as Kucinich threw out the first pitch wearing a bullet proof vest, nearly all 75,000 fans at the opening of [[Cleveland Municipal Stadium]] booed him. The recall took place and Kucinich barely survived the recall, by only 236 votes<ref> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/primaries/kucinich_bio.html</ref>.
    
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