Thursday, October 27, 2016
Two candidates each are running in the 13th and 6th Congressional Districts. An * denotes incumbent.
13TH district
TIM RYAN* (D)
Age: 43
Address: 560 Amber Drive, Howland.
Employment: Congressman.
Education: A law degree from the New Hampshire School of Law, a bachelor’s degree in political science from Bowling Green State University.
Family: Wife, Andrea; two stepdaughters, a son.
Priority: Economic development, job creation, and helping to reform the education of our children.
RICHARD MORCKEL (R)
Age: 61
Address: 246 Clinton Ave., Akron.
Employment: Works for Philips.
Education: Two associate degrees from Kent State Salem Campus.
Family: Wife, Christine.
Priority: Restoration of our military, prohibit the raiding of Social Security, pro-life with the exception of rape and incest, defend state rights.
6TH district
MICHAEL LORENTZ (D)
Age: 65
Address: 809 Mary St., Belpre.
Employment: Belpre mayor.
Education: A Belpre High School graduate.
Family: Wife, Joyce; two children.
Priority: Make sure health care is affordable and available to all, protect businesses from unfair trade agreements, and make college more affordable.
BILL JOHNSON* (R)
Age: 61
Address: 519 Fifth St., Marietta.
Employment: Congressman.
Education: A master’s degree in information and computer science from Georgia Tech, a bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from Troy University.
Family: Wife, LeeAnn; four children.
Priority: National security, jobs and the economy, eliminating the IRS and replacing the tax code with something simpler, fairer and flatter.