Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel (b.September 27, 1977) is the currently Ohio State Treasurer and is the conservative candidate running against incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown in the 2012 general election. Mandel is an Iraq War veteran serving 8 years in the Marine Corps Reserves. In addition to State Treasurer, he served 3 years as a city councilman, 4 years as a state legislator. Mandel has the support of Senator Jim Demint and the Senate Conservatives Fund as well as the Club for Growth, Ohio Right to Life PAC, Mark Levin and Erick Erickson of RedState. As of October 2011, Mandel has $3.25 million on hand, $1.5 million coming in during the last quarter. [1]
Mandel graduated from Beachwood High School in a eastern suburb of Cleveland. He has a BA in communications from Ohio State University. His Marine Corps duty included two tours in Iraq and he was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal. "When Josh ran for State Representative, he knocked on 19,679 doors and wore out three pairs of shoes listening to citizens." [2]