The Tribune’s time line on Marc Dann
A more detailed look at Marc Dann’s political path.
Dann’s career
POSTED: May 15, 2008
1980-1984 — Attends the University of Michigan, earning a degree in history.
1984 — Attends Case Western Reserve University School of Law; works on the presidential campaign of Colorado Sen. Gary Hart.
1986 — Regional director for Hands Across America.
1987 — Assistant attorney general for the State of West Virginia.
1991 — Becomes a founding partner of Betras and Dann law firm.
1998 — Serves as the statewide campaign manager for Mary Boyle’s U.S. Senate bid; co-directs a grassroots effort to keep General Motors Corp. plants in Lordstown.
1999 — Starts his own legal practice as Marc Dann and Associates; wins his fifth Northeastern Ohio Legal Services award for thousands of hours of pro-bono legal work.
2000 — Runs for Ohio Senate 32nd District. Among his campaign platforms are openness and accountability for politicians. Finishes third for Democratic nomination behind Timothy J. Ryan and then-Howland Township Trustee Darlene St. George.
2001 — Elected to the Liberty Board of Education, citing experience as vice president of the Liberty Little Leopards, the Liberty Soccer Boosters, Hoops Club and the Anti-Defamation League.
2002 — Tries for the state Senate again when Ryan vacates the 32nd District following his victory for the 17th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate Democrats elect Dann, one of 14 people who expressed interest in the vacated seat.
2004 — Rages in the Senate that Ohio soldiers in Iraq have a shortage of body armor that can stop an AK-47 bullet, and promises to attach his $3 million body armor plan as an amendment to every bill that came up on the floor or in a committee. The armor shortage is solved about a month later, a general from the Ohio Adjutant General’s Office testifies before a Senate committee.
n Wins re-election to a full term in the state Senate.
2005 — Leads his party’s investigation into the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation investment in rare coins, which would be come to be known as ‘‘Coingate.’’ The investigation leads to rare-coin dealer Tom Noe being found guilty of crimes involving theft of bureau money he was supposed to have been managing as an investment. Noe was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
n In November, announces his intention to run for Ohio attorney general.
2006 — Beats Republican nominee Betty Montgomery for Ohio attorney general.
n Backs Capri Cafaro for his vacant 32nd District state Senate seat, and she is appointed.
2007 — Is sworn in as attorney general in January. He issues a legal opinion backing Gov. Ted Strickland’s decision to veto an anti-consumer bill that would have protected companies that sold lead-based paint and limited damages in consumer lawsuits.
n In April, fires aide Ric Alli for remaining on the payroll of the Youngstown Police Department after taking his post in the attorney general’s office.
n In May, part-time Dann driver David Nelson is fired after a federal agency uncovers that he pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in 1975.
n In June, announces he will research ‘‘skill-based’’ games that offer cash prizes to determine if they are illegal gambling machines. The games are outlawed in October.
n Forbes Magazine predicts that Dann could blossom into the next Eliot Spitzer, whose experience as an attorney general led him to the New York governor’s mansion. Spitzer resigns in March 2008 after his extramarital affair with a high-priced escort is revealed.
n Announces that 10 cases would be prosecuted under the state’s predatory lending law. ‘‘I want to hold accountable all the people who caused pain,’’ Dann says.
2008 — In February, campaign finance reports reveals that Dann used more than $18,000 in campaign money to install a security system at his Liberty home.
n In April, puts aide Anthony Gutierrez on leave after sexual harassment allegations surface. The allegations eventually lead to Dann’s announcement that he had been romantically involved with a staff member.
n Tuesday, state Democrats move to impeach Dann.
n Wednesday, Dann resigns his post.
Sources: Campaign questionnaires and Tribune Chronicle archives
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