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</div><div>2018 run gov got 47%</div><div></div><div>In Ohio, Republican Mike DeWine, the state attorney general, <a href="https://vote.ohio.gov/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; box-sizing: inherit;">defeated</a> Democrat Richard Cordray, a former state attorney general and the first director of the Federal Consumer Protection Bureau. Cordray's loss is a blow to clean energy advocates who had hoped to see a counterweight to a Republican-controlled legislature that has been <a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29102017/renewable-energy-ohio-rps-law-fossil-fuel-political-donations-coal" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; box-sizing: inherit;">hostile to renewable energy</a>.</div><div></div><div>
</div><div>beat by dewine for AG ohio<div>
</div><div>--</div><div><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">1998 Ohio Attorney General election<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cordray&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 1998 Ohio Attorney General election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>During the 1998 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Attorney_General_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio Attorney General elections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">election for Ohio attorney general</a>, Cordray ran unopposed in the Democratic primary<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[44]</a> but was defeated, 62%–38%, by one-term Republican incumbent Betty Montgomery.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[45]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[46]</a> [resigned in coingate?]...<h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2010 election<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cordray&action=edit&section=15&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2010 election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>On November 2, 2010, Cordray lost his re-election bid to former U.S. senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mike DeWine</a> by two points.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-88" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[88]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-89" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[89]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-90" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[90]</a>Cordray was repeatedly mentioned as a potential 2014 candidate for Governor of Ohio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-91" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[91]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-92" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[92]</a> However, he upon being confirmed to a five-year term to head the CFPB, he was effectively eliminated from contention.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-93" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[93]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2012–present)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cordray&action=edit&section=16&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2012–present)" style="text-decoration: none; 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<div class="thumbcaption" style="border: none; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; font-size: 12.3704px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nomination_of_Richard_Cordray.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; -webkit-user-select: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" viewbox="viewBox" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="id" magnify-clip="magnify-clip" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" bigbox="bigbox" m1.509="M1.509" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" smallbox="smallbox" m-1.499="M-1.499" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data" /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nomination_of_Richard_Cordray.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; -webkit-user-select: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" viewbox="viewBox" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="id" magnify-clip="magnify-clip" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" bigbox="bigbox" m1.509="M1.509" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" smallbox="smallbox" m-1.499="M-1.499" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">President Barack Obama announces the nomination of Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on July 18, 2011</a></div></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nomination_of_Richard_Cordray.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; -webkit-user-select: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" viewbox="viewBox" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="id" magnify-clip="magnify-clip" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" bigbox="bigbox" m1.509="M1.509" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" smallbox="smallbox" m-1.499="M-1.499" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">On Wednesday, December 15, 2010, Special Advisor to President </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Elizabeth Warren</a> announced that she had selected Richard Cordray to lead the enforcement arm of the newly created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a> (CFPB). She added that "Richard Cordray has the vision and experience to help us build a team that ensures every lender in the marketplace is playing by the rules." In announcing his appointment to this position Cordray also stated that he intends to once again run for statewide office in Ohio in 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-94" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[94]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-95" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[95]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-96" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[96]</a>Cordray described the opportunity to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Wall Street Journal</a> as a chance to resume "... in many ways doing on a 50-state basis the things I cared most about as a state attorney general, with a more robust and a more comprehensive authority."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-97" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[97]</a>On July 17, 2011, Cordray was selected over Warren as the head of the entire CFPB.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-98" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[98]</a> However, his nomination was immediately in jeopardy because 44 Senate Republicans had previously vowed to derail any nominee in order to push for a decentralized structure to the organization. This was part of a pattern of conflict between Republicans in the Senate and the Obama administration that had led to record numbers of blocked and failed nominations.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-99" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[99]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-100" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[100]</a> On July 21, 2011, Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shelby" title="Richard Shelby" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Richard Shelby</a> wrote an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">op-ed</a> article for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Wall Street Journal</a>affirming continued opposition (that went back to a May 5 letter to the President) to a centralized structure, noting that both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_Exchange_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities Exchange Commission" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Securities Exchange Commission</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Deposit_Insurance_Corporation" title="Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation</a> had executive boards and that the CFPB should be no different.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-101" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[101]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico(newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Politico (newspaper)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Politico</a> interpreted Shelby's statements as saying that Cordray's nomination was "Dead on Arrival".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-102" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[102]</a> In October, as the nomination continued to be on hold, the National Association of Attorneys General endorsed Cordray.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-103" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[103]</a> On December 8, 2011, the Senate failed to secure cloture on Cordray's nomination. The final vote was 53-45, with 50 out of 51 Democrats voting for cloture, and 45 out of 47 Republicans voting against.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-104" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[104]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-105" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[105]</a><div role="note" class="hatnote" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For the Senate's cloture vote on Cordray's confirmation, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Obama_confirmations,2010" title="Template:Obama confirmations, 2010" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Template:Obama confirmations, 2010</a>.</div>On January 4, 2012, a White House communications director announced in a tweet that President Obama would be giving Cordray a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment" title="Recess appointment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">recess appointment</a> to the post, bypassing the Senate.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-SbCOtbsn-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-DROtNCaCAC-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-BSOACC-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a> The move was criticized by Republican senators, who argued that Congress had not officially been in recess, and that Obama did not have the authority to bypass Congressional approval.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-106" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[106]</a> Writing for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The New Republic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Noah" title="Timothy Noah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Timothy Noah</a>, a supporter of Cordray, wrote, "As someone who strongly supported a recess appointment for Richard Cordray to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I'm confused as to why President Obama chose to act today. ... The trouble is that the Senate isn't in recess."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-107" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[107]</a>The United States Supreme Court unanimously vacated Cordray's recess appointment as unconstitutional as the U.S. Senate was not in recess.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-108" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[108]</a> On January 24, 2013, Obama renominated Cordray to the Director of the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a> position.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-109" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[109]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-110" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[110]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-111" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[111]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-112" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[112]</a>Amid a push by Senate Democrats in July 2013 to eliminate the filibuster for all executive-branch nominees, senators struck a deal to pave the way for a final, up-or-down vote on Cordray's nomination. With that senators voted 71–29 on July 16, 2013 to invoke <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture" title="Cloture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">cloture</a> on Cordray's nomination.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-CTSCC-113" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[113]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-114" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[114]</a> The U.S. Senate confirmed Cordray in a 66–34 vote on July 16, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-CTSCC-113" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[113]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb">Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cordray&action=edit&section=17&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Cordray was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Columbus, Ohio</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-PRCAC-70" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[70]</a> the middle child between brothers Frank, Jr. and Jim.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-FBfRC-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a> He was married in 1992 to Margaret "Peggy" Cordray,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-FBfRC-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-115" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[115]</a> a law professor at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_University_Law_School" title="Capital University Law School" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Capital University Law School</a>. The Cordrays have twins, a daughter and son, and currently reside near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_City,Ohio" title="Grove City, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Grove City, Ohio</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-PRCAC-70" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[70]</a> His father retired as an Orient Developmental Center program director for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mental retardation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">mentally retarded</a> residents after 43 years of service.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-FBfRC-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a> His mother, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton,Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dayton, Ohio</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-PRCAC-70" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[70]</a> died in 1980.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-FBfRC-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-STCLFLTHCCIRC-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[10]</a> was a social worker, teacher and founder of Ohio's first foster grandparent program for individuals with developmental disabilities. Richard Cordray carried the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Flame" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Flame" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Olympic Flame</a>through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findlay,Ohio" title="Findlay, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Findlay, Ohio</a>, as part of the nationwide torch relay to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1996 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta,Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Atlanta, Georgia</a> and has served as a member of the Advisory Board for the Friends of the Homeless and part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Al Gore</a>'s select group known as Leadership '98.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-FBfRC-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Appearances on Jeopardy!<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cordray&action=edit&section=18&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Appearances on Jeopardy!" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Cordray has the distinction of being an undefeated five-time champion and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!Tournament_of_Champions" title="Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tournament of Champions</a> semifinalist on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jeopardy!</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-116" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[116]</a> In 1987, he won $45,303 from the show, which he used to pay law school debt, to pay taxes and to buy a used car.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-JSSHGFHO-117" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[117]</a> T</div><div>--
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</div><div>Richard Cordray (born May 3, 1959) is an American lawyer and<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic Party</a> politician who currently serves as the first Director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau" title="Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[1]</a> Prior to his appointment in January 2012, Cordray served in various positions in the State of Ohio.A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshall Scholar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Marshall Scholar</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Oxford</a> from 1981 to 1983, Cordray was editor-in-chief of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Law_Review" title="University of Chicago Law Review" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Chicago Law Review</a>and subsequently served as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_clerk" title="Law clerk" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">law clerk</a> for Judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork" title="Robert Bork" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Robert Bork</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</a>, and after that, Justice <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Kennedy" title="Anthony Kennedy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Anthony Kennedy</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Supreme Court of the United States</a>. In 1987 he became an undefeated five-time<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jeopardy!</a> champion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a>Cordray was elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio House of Representatives</a> in 1990. After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">redistricting</a>, Cordray decided to run for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States House of Representatives</a> in 1992 but was defeated. The following year he was appointed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Attorney_General" title="Ohio Attorney General" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio Attorney General</a> as the first<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solicitor_General_of_Ohio" title="Solicitor General of Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Solicitor General of Ohio</a>. His experience as Solicitor led to his appearance before the United States Supreme Court to argue six cases, where he had previously clerked. Following Republican victories in Ohio statewide elections in 1994, Cordray left his appointed position and entered the private practice of law. While in private practice he unsuccessfully ran for Ohio Attorney General in 1998 and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Senate</a> in 2000. He was elected Franklin County treasurer in 2002 and re-elected in 2004 before being elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Treasurer" title="Ohio State Treasurer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio State Treasurer</a> in 2006.Cordray was elected Ohio Attorney General in November 2008 to fill the remainder of the unexpired term ending January 2011. In 2010, Cordray lost his bid for re-election to former U.S. Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mike DeWine</a>. On July 17, 2011, President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barack Obama</a> announced he would nominate Cordray to lead the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a>. On January 4, 2012, the White House announced that it would make a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment" title="Recess appointment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">recess appointment</a> of Cordray to the post.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-SbCOtbsn-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-DROtNCaCAC-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-BSOACC-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a> On July 16, 2013, the U.S. Senate confirmed Cordray to a five-year term as Director in a 66–34 vote.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_early_law_career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1Early life, education, and early law career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Early_political_career.281990.E2.80.931995.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2Early political career (1990–1995)</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Ohio_House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1Ohio House of Representatives</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#1992_congressional_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.21992 congressional election</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Ohio_Solicitor_General" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.3Ohio Solicitor General</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Latter_political_career.281995.E2.80.932007.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3Latter political career (1995–2007)</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#1998_Ohio_Attorney_General_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.11998 Ohio Attorney General election</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#2000_U.S.Senate_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.22000 U.S. Senate election</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Franklin_County_Treasurer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3.3Franklin County Treasurer</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Statewide_office.282007.E2.80.932011.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4Statewide office (2007–2011)</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Ohio_Treasurer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.1Ohio Treasurer</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Ohio_Attorney_General" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.2Ohio Attorney General</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#2008_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.2.12008 election</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.2.2Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#2010_election" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4.2.32010 election</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau_.282012.E2.80.93present.29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2012–present)</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6Personal life</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Appearances_on_Jeopardy.21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6.1Appearances on Jeopardy!</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#See_also" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#Notes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">8Notes</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cordray#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">9External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb">Early life, education, and early law career</h2></div></div><div>
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</div><div>In  the face of a coordinated, corporate-funded assault on their <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/opinion/unions-labor-day-strike.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">very existence</a> by President Donald Trump, Republicans at the federal and state level, and the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/27/siding-billionaires-against-workers-supreme-courts-janus-ruling-assault-labor" style="text-decoration-line: none;">right-wing Supreme Court</a>, labor unions nationwide have mobilized massive numbers of <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/27/you-cant-eat-gdp-reminder-most-workers-are-struggling-trump-and-corporate-media-tout" style="text-decoration-line: none;">struggling workers</a> to turn out for Tuesday's critical midterms with the goal of defeating anti-union candidates and electing politicians willing to fight for progressive policies that benefit the working class like Medicare for All, a higher minimum wage, and the fundamental right to organize.</div>"The Culinary Workers Union registered 10,300 voters for the midterms. This union really gets it done. Still impressed by what I saw reporting on them in Vegas."
—David Jamieson, Huffington Post"We don't know any other way," said Geoconda Arguello-Kline, the Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas, which has <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/las-vegas-union-voter-registration-midterm-elections_us_5be0b487e4b09d43e321e7a8" style="text-decoration-line: none;">registered over 10,300 new voters</a> ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections to defeat Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.). "For us, it's a very natural way to survive here in Las Vegas: organize, organize."With the rallying cry, "<a href="https://www.culinaryunion226.org/vote" style="text-decoration-line: none;">We vote, we win!</a>" the union has provided resources for workers to learn about the candidates on the ballot, spread the word about the issues at stake in the midterms, and find the closest polling site.  The Culinary Union's get-out-the-vote efforts have been replicated throughout the nation, including in so-called "right-to-work states," where Republican legislatures have barred unions from collecting dues from all workers they represent in collective bargaining efforts to raise wages and improve working conditions."Things aren't changing for the better like they thought would happen. Real wages are not keeping pace with inflation. We haven't replaced the well-paying manufacturing jobs that we lost."
—Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIOIn Southern states like North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia, the Communications Workers of America (CWA)—which represents 700,000 workers nationwide—say it organized canvassing, mail, and phone bank operations that resulted in over four million door knocks."In the Midwest, where workers have suffered from <a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/the-color-of-economic-anxiety" style="text-decoration-line: none;">decades of deindustrialization</a>, corporate outsourcing, and neglect from politicians who so often claim to care about their plight, the AFL-CIO says it has convinced thousands of union workers who backed Donald Trump in 2016 to turn out for progressive Democrats on Tuesday."About half of union households that voted for Trump said they are planning to vote for Democrats in two key statewide races," Vox <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/11/5/18059058/ohio-senate-governor-race-union-workers" style="text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a> on Monday, citing figures from the Ohio AFL-CIO. "That includes 51.4 percent of Trump voters who plan to cast a ballot for progressive Democrat Richard Cordray for governor and 49.9 percent of Trump voters who favor incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown—the only Democrat currently holding statewide office."Tim Burga, president of the Ohio AFL-CIO, said many union workers who initially backed Trump have realized after two years of <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/22/corporations-are-literally-going-wild-says-trump-he-signs-tax-bill-most-americans" style="text-decoration-line: none;">plutocratic policies</a> and stagnant wages that the president and his billionaire-filled cabinet are not on their side, and never were."Things aren't changing for the better like they thought would happen," Burga said. "Real wages are not keeping pace with inflation. We haven't replaced the well-paying manufacturing jobs that we lost."With a historic number of House Democratic candidates <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2018/10/23/new-survey-over-half-congressional-races-democratic-candidates-support-medicare" style="text-decoration-line: none;">backing Medicare for All</a>, National Nurses United (NNU)—the largest organization of registered nurses in the U.S.—has also been tirelessly canvassing and phone banking in Maryland, Florida, and the many other states where candidates are standing up to America's disastrous for-profit healthcare industry.See NNU's full list of all 225 House Democratic candidates running on Medicare for All <a href="https://medicare4all.org/candidates/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>.<div>
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