Steve Austria

Stephen "Steve" Austria (* 12. October 1958 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American politician of the Republican Party . From 2009 to 2013 he was the first son of Filipino immigrants member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the seventh congressional district of the state of Ohio.

biography

Austria was born in Cincinnati as the son of Filipino immigrants. His father had come to the United States to study medicine. Steve Austria graduated from Carroll High School in 1977 and then studied at Marquette University . Prior to being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, he served as a financial advisor. He served as a Senator in the Ohio Senate for over 7 years .

In 2009, he finally moved into the US House of Representatives as the representative of Ohio's 7th Congressional District, after receiving 58.2 percent of the vote in the 2008 election . He succeeded Dave Hobson , who was no longer running. In the 2010 election he defended his seat with 62.5 percent of the vote. He was a member of the Committee on Appropriations .

Shortly before the turn of the year 2011, Austria announced that it would no longer run for the 2012 election, as its constituency was divided according to the results of the 2010 census and Austria would have had to compete against Republican party members in order to remain in Congress. He left office on January 3, 2013.

Austria lives in Beavercreek with his wife Eileen and their 3 children . He is of Roman Catholic faith .

Web links

Commons : Steve Austria - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Steve Austria in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Mary McCarty: Steve Austria Looks Back on Career in Congress. In: Dayton Daily News, December 31, 2012.
↑ ^a ^b Statistics of the results of the last elections on rollcall.com (English) ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Austria retiring , The Washington Post , accessed January 18, 2012

personal data
SURNAME	Austria, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Austria, Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cincinnati

[dayton-1] A ^b Mary McCarty: Steve Austria Looks Back on Career in Congress. In: Dayton Daily News, December 31, 2012.

[rollcall-2] Statistics of the results of the last elections on rollcall.com (English) ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Austria retiring , The Washington Post , accessed January 18, 2012