Friday, January 07, 2000
Boehner files for 6th House term
No opponents in GOP primary
BY STEVE KEMME
The Cincinnati Enquirer
John Boehner says he came to Congress nine years ago with the intention of helping make federal government smaller and more accountable.
He says Republicans have made strides toward that goal, but much work remains.
So he will seek his sixth term in Congress, filing petitions for re-election Thursdayat the Butler County Board of Election.
At an informal press conference in Hamilton, the high-profile Republican from West Chester said he wants “the opportunity to continue what I've done for the past nine years.”
No one has filed to run against Mr. Boehner in the March 7 Republican primary. Two candidates have filed petitions to run in the Democratic primary.
The two Democratic candidates are John Griffin, a retired farmer from Miamisburg who was walloped by Mr. Boehner in the general election two years ago, and John G. Parks, a Miami University English professor who lives in Oxford.
Mr. Parks, who has never run for public office, has the endorsement of his party.
Before filing his petitions in Hamilton, Mr. Boehner an swered students' questions in a lecture room at Edgewood High School in Trenton.
On Thursday afternoon, he toured the recently expanded Neaton Auto Products in Eaton and met with farmers in Greenville.
As an ally of Newt Gingrich, Mr. Boehner rose to the fourth most powerful position in the House. But after the 1998 election, fellow Republicans ousted him from his leadership role.
Mr. Boehner, 50, said he doesn't mourn the loss of his leadership position.
“Serving in a leadership role, you're managing all day and not really getting into the meat of the issues,” he said. “Last year, I was able to focus on the issues that are timely — health and education.”
He said that during the next year, he will continue working on legislation to improve health care, to expand pension programs and to ban the taxation of commerce on the Internet.
Both Mr. Parks, 58, and Mr. Griffin, 70, concede that they're not likely to unseat Mr. Boehner.
Mr. Griffin, a former member of the Ohio Board of Education, has run for Congress four times. He angered 8th District Democratic officials two years ago by beating the party's endorsed candidate in the primary election.
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