Lee Fisher

Infobox_Lt_Governor
name= Lee Fisher


caption=
order=35^th
office=Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
state=
term_start= January 8, 2007
term_end=
governor= Ted Strickland
predecessor= Bruce Edward Johnson
successor= incumbent
date of birth= birth date and age|1951|8|7
birth_place= Ann Arbor, Michigan
death_date=
death_place=
party= Democratic
profession= Lawyer, Politician
spouse= Peggy Zone Fisher
religion= Jewish

Lee Fisher (born August 7, 1951, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American politician. He is a member of the Ohio Democratic Party currently serving as the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Fisher also serves as Ohio Director of Development.

Fisher is a graduate of Oberlin College (where he has served as a college trustee) and of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. Fisher served as an Ohio state representative from 1981 to 1982 and as an Ohio state senator from 1982 to 1990. He was elected attorney general of Ohio and served in that post from 1991 to 1995. In 1994, Fisher lost his bid for re-election as attorney general to Republican Betty Montgomery.

In 1992, Fisher was elected a presidential elector for Ohio. In 1998, Fisher ran for Governor but narrowly lost to Republican Bob Taft in the closest gubernatorial election in 28 years.

Fisher's wife, Peggy Zone Fisher, was a member of the Ohio delegation to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. During this time, Fisher hinted that he might be interested in playing a hand in statewide politics again. This was taken to mean that he might consider another run for the governorship in 2006, when Taft was to be barred from seeking a third consecutive term. Fisher once again appeared on the statewide ticket, for lieutenant governor with gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland, winning in November.

ee also

* Election Results, Ohio Governor
* Election Results, Ohio Governor (Democratic Primaries)

External links

* [http://governor2.ohio.gov/AboutUs/AboutLeeFisher/tabid/66/Default.aspx Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher] official state biography
*"Follow the Money" - Lee Fisher
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200635&c=419297 2006] Lt. Governor campaign contributions
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=47162 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=46753 1998] Governor campaign contributions
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=46415 1996] Attorney General campaign contributions