Rhine McLin, Date of Birth

    

Rhine McLin

American Democratic politician serving as mayor of Dayton, Ohio

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1948

Profession: politician, funeral director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Rhine McLin

  • Rhine Lana McLin (born October 1948) is an American Democratic politician from Ohio.
  • McLin received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and secondary education from Parsons College and her Master of Education in guidance counseling from Xavier University.
  • She also holds an associate's degree in mortuary science granted by the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. In 1988, when McLin's father, Ohio House of Representatives C.
  • J.
  • McLin Jr., died, Rhine McLin was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.
  • She was then elected to the seat in 1990, and reelected in 1992.
  • She then was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1994, and re-elected to the senate in 1998.
  • In 2001, McLin was named minority leader (completing the term of Ohio senator Ben Espy).
  • She served in that post until she left the Senate in 2002, barred by term limits from running for re-election again that year.
  • She ran for the office of mayor of Dayton. McLin was elected mayor of Dayton in 2001, defeating incumbent Republican Michael R.
  • Turner and began serving her term in 2002.
  • She was re-elected in 2005, defeating opponent David R.
  • Bohardt.
  • McLin was an Ohio delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
  • In 2009, she lost re-election for mayor.Rhine McLin's political career has been full of firsts.
  • In 1994, McLin became the first African-American woman elected to the Ohio State Senate.
  • She was the first African-American woman to serve as Ohio Senate minority leader.
  • Upon leaving the Senate, she became the first woman to serve as mayor of Dayton.
  • She is the third African-American mayor of Dayton.
  • Finally, in late 2005 she was the first African-American woman to serve as head of the Ohio Democratic Party. As of 2012, McLin serves as the Vice Chairwoman of the Ohio Democratic Party.
  • In August 2012, McLin was tipped as a possible candidate to fill the Ohio state representative seat vacated by Clayton Luckie, but she ultimately declined to run.

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