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Steve LaTourette
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| Steve LaTourette | |
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| Assumed office January 4, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Sawyer |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | July 22, 1954 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Susan LaTourette (divorced) Jennifer Laptook LaTourette |
| Religion | Methodist |
Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 14th congressional district.
A graduate of Cleveland Heights High School (1972) and the University of Michigan, LaTourette studied law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.
After a stint as a public defender, LaTourette was elected the County Prosecutor of Lake County, Ohio and served from 1989 to 1995. There, he made his name prosecuting the Kirtland serial murders that were organized by mass-murderer and outlaw Mormon, Jeffrey Lundgren.
LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent Eric Fingerhut. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003. After another district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the 2000 Census, LaTourette's district was renumbered to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, northeastern Summit County, northern Trumbull County, and Ashtabula County. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is chairman of that committee's Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management and a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. Following his decision to vote to admonish then Majority Leader Tom DeLay, DeLay replaced LaTourette on the House Ethics Committee.[1] He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
In October of 2003 Susan LaTourette accused her then husband of conducting an extra-marital affair subsequent to his filing for divorce.[2] LaTourette briefly hinted of marital troubles two years previous to the October 2003 filing after a congressional directory incorrectly said he was divorced.[3] In October 2004 there was a brief controversy when some photographs of Latourette indicating his spending an evening at the residence of Jennifer Laptook, his former chief of staff, surfaced during the election.[4] LaTourette subsequently married Jennifer Laptook in 2005.[5]
In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006, which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.
- Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 19th District
- Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 14th District
- List of United States Representatives from Ohio
- ^ Tom DeLay’s Transgressions: A Pattern of Misbehavior
- ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
- ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
- ^ The Plain Dealer (October 15, 2004) Angry congressman says he has acted ethically
- ^ The Hill (February 23, 2005) Was Rehnquist 'Deep Throat'?
- U.S. Congressman Steven C. LaTourette official site
- Steve LaTourette at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Federal Election Commission — Steven C LaTourette campaign finance reports and data
- SourceWatch Congresspedia - Steve LaTourette profile
| Preceded by Eric Fingerhut |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th congressional district 1995–2003 |
Succeeded by District eliminated after 2000 Census |
| Preceded by Thomas C. Sawyer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th congressional district 2003– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |