Rep. Mike Turner Biography Currently: Representative, OH-10 Elected: 2002 Education: OH N. U., B.A. 1982, Case Western Reserve U., J.D. 1985, U. of Dayton, M.B.A Religion: Presbyterian Family: Married, 2 children Contact: (202) RHOB 2239 Washington, DC Committees Committee on Armed Services Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Election Results 2014 General Mike Turner (R)Votes: 130,752Percent: 65.2% Robert Klepinger (D)Votes: 63,249Percent: 31.5% Biography Mike Turner, a Republican first elected in 2002, is a former Dayton mayor who has shown a stronger interest in urban issues than most House Republicans. Turner grew up in Dayton. He graduated from Ohio Northern University, Case Western law school, and the University of Dayton business school and became a corporate lawyer. In the House, Turner has been generally supportive of his party but is one of the more moderate members of the Ohio delegation. In 2013, he became chairman of the Armed Services Committee’s Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, enabling him to protect Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Lima Army Tank Plant against defense cuts. He also has chaired the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly, the inter-parliamentary organization of legislators from the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance. He has worked on House-passed legislation to accelerate the cleanup of polluted brownfields by making it easier for communities to apply for federal grants. He also promoted the kind of public-private partnerships that he used for economic development in Dayton. In March 2009, Turner was one of only seven House Republicans to support a bill that would give bankruptcy judges the power to restructure the terms of home mortgages. Then-Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the bill “just the worst idea in the world.” In 2010, he received an all-time best of 69% of the vote. He got 60% in 2012, when he spent much of his time as an aggressive attack dog for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Stance on Issues Supports the trade promotion authority Supports the Iran Nuclear Agreement Strongly favors absolute right to gun ownership REP. MIKE TURNER April 22, 2016 | Katharine Conlon Major Milestones Mayor of Dayton, Ohio Created the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus 2012 Sources: National Journal Almanac, Democrat Jim Costa, elected in 2004, is a third-generation farmer who concentrates on the agricultural issues that affect his district’s rural residents, often trying to find a middle ground between production and resource protection. He is among the California delegation’s most conservative Democrats but takes his party’s side on most big issues. Born in Fresno, he was raised on his family’s dairy farm. He is the grandson of Portuguese immigrants who settled in the San Joaquin Valley near the turn of the 20th century. In 1978, Costa was elected to the state Assembly, where he was known as a moderate Democrat. In 2002, after he was forced to retire that year because of term limits, Costa founded a consulting firm. Two years later, when Democratic Rep. Cal Dooley retired after 14 years, Costa entered the race and started off with solid name recognition—his former state Senate district covered the entire congressional district, which was then the 20th District. But Costa’s lengthy legislative record didn’t readily lend itself to the “liberal” label. In a relatively low turnout event, Costa won 53%-47%. In the House, Costa got seats on the Agriculture and the Natural Resources committees, both important to the Valley. When Costa bucks his party, it tends to be on the fiscal issues that bring out his conservative impulses. He was one of just 22 House Democrats to support a failed proposal in March 2012 to adopt the Simpson-Bowles commission’s budget, which imposed politically painful spending reductions to balance the budget.