PERSON: Mike DeWine

State of Ohio

Governor

As Attorney General, Mike DeWine’s top priority is protecting Ohio’s families.<br> <br> To better protect our kids, Attorney General DeWine created a special Crimes Against Children Unit to help identify, arrest, and convict sexual predators. He has also increased training opportunities for law enforcement and educators to help improve school safety, as well as human trafficking, child abuse, missing children, bullying, and the needs of foster youth. <br> <br> Attorney General DeWine is working to rebuild Ohio’s neighborhoods, investing $75 million from the national mortgage settlement to help demolish abandoned and blighted properties. He has also made commitments to support anti-gun violence programs and community groups that are working to repair our hardest-hit communities.<br> <br> On his first day in office, Attorney General DeWine joined in the federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. In addition he is working hard to make sure his office provides cutting-edge criminal investigation and law enforcement training services, is rooting out public corruption, and helping to create a legal climate in Ohio that encourages business to invest in the state and create jobs. DeWine has also devoted resources to fighting Ohio’s prescription drug abuse and heroin problems, increased the number of criminal prosecutions in consumer fraud cases, and dramatically decreased the turn-around time for testing of DNA evidence. <br> <br> Attorney General DeWine has a long and distinguished career in public service focusing on protecting Ohio children and families. DeWine served as Greene County Prosecuting Attorney, in the Ohio State Senate, in the United States House of Representatives, as Ohio Lieutenant Governor, and in the United States Senate.<br> <br> Mike DeWine grew up in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and married his high school sweetheart, Frances Struewing, while both were students at Miami University. The DeWines, who have resided in Cedarville Township since Mike graduated from law school, are the parents of eight children and the grandparents of 22 grandchildren.<br> <br> — ohioattorneygeneral.gov