Marcus Aurelius Roberto, a Democrat

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, was a member of the Ohio General Assembly

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. Roberto initially won a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives

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 in 1970, replacing Anice Johnson

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, and won reelection in 1972 and 1974. However, Roberto sought to move up to the Ohio Senate

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 in 1976. Challenging David W. Johnson

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, Roberto won, and took his seat in the Senate in 1977. He was reelected in 1980.

In 1982, Roberto opted to run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives

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 against Congressman J. William Stanton

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. He ended up losing the nomination to Dennis Eckart. Switching over to a new district following redistricting

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, Roberto won reelection in 1984.

After battling cancer for months, Roberto died from cancer on February 25, 1986, midway through his third term in office.