Mary Boyle | |
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| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from the 15th district | |
| In office January 3, 1979 – December 31, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Brooks |
| Succeeded by | Jane Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1941-12-23)December 23, 1941 (age 83) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Saint Mary's College, Indiana(BA) |
Mary O. Boyle (born December 23, 1941) is an American politician who was a member of theOhio House of Representatives from 1979 to 1984. She was a member of theOhioDemocratic party.
Boyle started her career in elective office as a state legislator representingCleveland Heights (Ohio District #9) in 1978. She was ElectedMajority Whip in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1982. Following that, she served on the Board of County Commissioners ofCuyahoga County, Ohio, for twelve years. She was the first woman ever elected to a non-judicial county office in Cuyahoga County. She is married to the former Vice-President of Cleveland State, Jack Boyle.
Boyle was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1994, to replace the retiringHoward Metzenbaum, but was defeated in the Democratic primary byJoel Hyatt.RepublicanMike DeWine eventually was elected to the Senate seat in November 1994. In 1998, she was the Democratic nominee forU.S. Senate to replace the retiringJohn Glenn. She was defeated by then-Ohio GovernorGeorge Voinovich. She was the first (and still only) woman nominated by a major party for the Senate from Ohio. Boyle also ran for Treasurer of State in 2002 againstJoseph T. Deters, which she lost.[1]
Boyle is the mother ofOhio politician Jim Boyle and three other children: Catherine Boyle, John Boyle, and Peter Boyle.
| Ohio House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theOhio House of Representatives from the 15th district January 3, 1979 – December 31, 1984 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee for U.S. SenatorfromOhio (Class 3) 1998 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by John A. Donofrio | Democratic nominee forTreasurer of Ohio 2002 | Succeeded by |
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