Craig L. Foltin

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**Craig Foltin**

Office:	Mayor, Lorain, Ohio
Political party:	Republican
Term of office:	1987–Present
Preceded by:	Joseph Koziura (D)
Succeeded by:	Incumbent
Profession:	Management

Craig Foltin is an American politician from Lorain, Ohio. Elected in 2001, he currently serves as mayor of Lorain. At the age of 32, Craig Foltin upset incumbent Joe Koziura 51.5% to 48.5% in 1999 to win the Mayoral seat in the City of Lorain where Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1. Kozuira had previously won by a 70% margin against, and had also served for 10 years as a State Representative. He again ran against Foltin in 2003 and lost by a 55% - 45% margin.

Foltin has become a fixture in the Cleveland-area media. He has been endorsed several times by the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Lorain Morning Journal. Foltin has been featured in Cleveland Magazine, Inside Business, Crains and is a frequent guest of several Cleveland market morning and afternoon drive radio shows. He regularly appears on the major TV news broadcasts and has been featured on several documentary shows on WVIZ.

[edit] Education

Doctor of Business Administration, June 1996, Major in Accounting, Minor in Information Systems, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Master of Business Administration, June 1991, Area of Concentration: Finance, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, June 1989, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Lorain High School, Lorain, Ohio, June 1985

[edit] 2006 congressional campaign

Main article: Ohio 13th congressional district election, 2006

Craig Foltin ran for the Ohio's 13th congressional district against trial lawyer Betty Sutton. Although the 13th is one of the most Democratic districts in Ohio, the Republicans had high hopes for Foltin since he was the popular Republican mayor of a heavily Democratic city. However, Foltin could not overcome the strong anti-Republican mood in Ohio, as well as the presence of the district's incumbent, seven-term Democrat Sherrod Brown, as the Democratic candidate for the Senate. He only gained 39 percent of the vote, and conceded defeat before any returns came in.