Mike Shoemaker
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"Michael C. Shoemaker" (born 1945) is an United States of America/American politician of the United States Democratic Party/Democratic party. He was born in 1945 in Nipgen, Ohio (Ross County). Shoemaker's father, Myrl Shoemaker, was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.

"Mike" Shoemaker received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and a Master of Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began his 10-year teaching career as a math instructor and football coach in Southern Ohio. In 1977, he left education and started his own home construction business. In 1982, he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.

Shoemaker served from 1983 to 1997 in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was appointed to the Ohio Senate in 1997. He lost his bid to represent the 17th District in 2002 to State Sen. John Carey Jr (R-Welston). While a legislator, Shoemaker opposed school vouchers and supported greater accountability for homeschooling. He also sponsored legislation that led to the creation of the Ohio Department of Aging.

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Bettendorf's a really, really strong team, ... It's definitely one of our goals to be competitive in our races. Things came together for us today and we won.

I think that we're competitive, and that's what we need to be at state.

We try to run together as a pack most of the time and I just try to push things up to what I'm supposed to be doing at my level, and a lot of those times the guys are up there running with me.