Dennis Kucinich

American politician (born 1946)

Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is a United States Representative from Ohio. He was a hopeful for President of the United States in 2008. He is a Democrat. Kucinich was raised in Cleveland, and was elected Mayor of the city in 1977. His tenure as mayor was a hard one, and he lost reelection to Republican challenger George Voinovich in 1979. Kucinich got back into politics in the 1990s, and became a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 1994 elections. A political progressive, he ran for president twice in 2004 and 2008.

Representative Dennis Kucinich

In December 2020, Kucinich filled paperwork to run for Mayor of Cleveland in the 2021 election.[1]

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  1. Higgs, Robert (December 4, 2020). "Dennis Kucinich files paperwork to raise money for potential Cleveland mayoral run in 2021". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 5, 2020.