US Senate Race: Lee Fisher

Lee Fisher is the sitting Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, who is leaving that post to try and fill Voinovich's seat.

Fisher was raised in Cleveland, earned his Bachelors degree from Oberlin College, and both a law and Master's degree from Case Western.  He's a Democrat, married, and has two children.  He currently lives in Shaker Heights.  In addition to serving as the Lieut. Governor for the past 4 years, Fisher has been a State Representative (1980-1982), a State Senator (1983-1991), and Attorney General (1991-1995).

A large part of the Fisher campaign is about creating jobs.  He has laid out a plan that involves several tax incentives, redirecting stimulus money, and creating a large small business loan pool.  He also discusses keeping Americans in their homes, working at keeping jobs in America, and eliminating Wall Street's ability to screw up the economy by rewarding bad practices and relying on bailouts.

You can get a full list of Fisher's positions on various issues here.  Fisher brings up his work as the Ohio Attorney General in protecting children and law abiding citizens, emphasizes the importance of education through proper and effective funding, cites his work on the Third Frontier Commission about creating green jobs, supporting LGBT rights (including the right to marry), and several others.

Fisher has a robust list of endorsements, including the Mayors of Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, Planned Parenthood, Human Rights Campaign, and the Ohio AFL-CIO.