Steve Austria

Infobox State Senator


name=Steve Austria


state_senate=Ohio
state=Ohio
district=10th
term=2001 -
preceded= Merle Grace Kerns
succeeded=Incumbent
date of birth=
place of birth=Cincinnati, Ohio
date of death=
place of death=
party=Republican|

Steven "Steve" Austria is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 10th District since 2001. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1998 until 2000.

In 2004, Austria easily won re-election to the Senate by defeating his Democratic challenger Charlie Hart, a Springfield, Ohio-area farmer. Austria is the Republican nominee for the US House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th congressional district to replace retiring Congressman Dave Hobson. He is facing Democratic challenger [http://www.neuhardtforcongress.com/ Sharen Neuhardt] in the general election.

Personal life

Steven Austria was born in Cincinnati and grew up in Xenia, Ohio, the eldest of nine children. His father is the late Dr. Clement G. Austria from Tiaong, Quezon, Philippines who moved to Ohio to attend Medical School. [cite news
last = LARIOSA
first = JOSEPH
coauthors =
title = Ohio Filipino American running for US Congress
work =
pages =
language = English
publisher = GMA News
date = 03-08-2008
url = http://www.gmanews.tv/story/111187/Ohio-Filipino-American-running-for-US-Congress
accessdate = 01-09-2008]

He has lived in Beavercreek for more than 20 years with his wife Eileen, and their three sons Brian, Kevin and Eric.

Controversies

On September 2 2008, Ohio political bloggers discovered that a Labor Day column published in the Xenia Gazette [cite news
last = AUSTRIA
first = STEVE
coauthors =
title = 126th anniversary of Labor Day celebrates American workers
work =
pages =
language = English
publisher = The Xenia Gazette
date = 08-30-2008
url =http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&SubSectionID=452&ArticleID=160794&TM=9827.855
accessdate = 09-08-2008] under Austria's name was in whole or part plagiarized from a Department of Labor website on the history of Labor Day. Austria's campaign denied any wrongdoing, claiming that a citation was omitted. [cite news
last = CAVALLARO
first = EMANUEL
coauthors =
title = Austria accused of plagiarism in local paper column
work =
pages =
language = English
publisher = The Dayton Daily News
date = 09-03-2008
url = http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/09/03/ddn090308austria.html
accessdate = 09-08-2008]

Bloggers writing at Ohio Daily Blog later identified significant portions of the column not taken from the Department of Labor site that were apparently copied from Wikipedia. [cite web
url=http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/oh-07-austria-plagiarism-story-spreads-traditional-media-updated
title= OH-07: Austria Plagiarism Story Spreads to Traditional Media UPDATED
accessdate=2008-09-06
work=2008-09-03
publisher= Ohio Daily Blog
date= } Later analysis using Turnitin.com by a Wright State Univeristy professor found that up to 59% of the article was plagerized. cite web
url=http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/oh-07-university-professor-sounds-austria-plagiarism
title= OH-07: University Professor Sounds Off on Austria Plagiarism
accessdate=2008-09-06
work=2008-09-04
publisher= Ohio Daily Blog
date= ]

ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_10.html Ohio Senate biodata]
* [http://www.steveaustriaforcongress.com "Steve Austria For U.S. Congress"]