Doug White of Manchester, Ohio

Manchester, Ohio

Manchester is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,043....

, is an American

United States

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 politician of the Republican party who served as president of the Ohio Senate for two years, from 2003 to 2005.

An Adams County Commissioner

Adams County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

 from 1985-1990, White opted to run against Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 Harry Mallott

Harry Mallott

Harry "Bud" Mallott was a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing Clermont County from 1973-1990. He died in 1996 at the age of 78.-References:...

 in 1990 for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....

. He was successful, and was seated in 1991. He won reelection in 1992, and 1994.

By 1996, Senator Cooper Snyder

Cooper Snyder

Cooper Snyder is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio Senate. When Bill Mussey resigned from the Senate in 1979 to take a spot on the Ohio Industrial Commission, Snyder was appointed to his seat. He was elected to his own full term a year later, in 1980...

 announced his retirement from the Ohio Senate

Ohio Senate

The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

 after 17 years. Subsequently, White announced his candidacy for the seat. Ultimately Snyder would resign early, allowing the Senate Republicans to appoint White to the seat early, which they did.

After the 2002 elections, the Republicans of the Ohio Senate selected White to succeed Richard Finan

Richard Finan

Richard H. Finan is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. An attorney, Finan was initially elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1972, representing a suburban Cincinnati district. He was easily reelected in 1974 and 1976.In 1978, Senator Michael...

 as leader of the party. By 2004, however, White had already served two terms in the Senate and Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

's term limits law prevented him from running again. Thus, in the 2004 election, Tom Niehaus

Tom Niehaus

Tom Niehaus is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 14th District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Niehaus succeeded Ohio Senate President Doug White, who was prevented by Ohio's term limits law from running for...

 took White's seat and Bill Harris

Bill Harris (Ohio politician)

Bill Harris is a Republican politician, who served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010.-Life and career:...

 was chosen to be the next Senate president.

After his service in the Senate, White served as Director of the Ohio Department of Commerce in the Cabinet of Republican Bob Taft

Bob Taft

Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft...

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