Background
WAGER, MICHAEL was born on May 17, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
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MICHAEL WAGER
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The American University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Columbia University (Master of Arts, 1976). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Law, 1980-1981.
Career
Wager was the 2014 Democratic candidate fo United States. Congress in Ohio"s 14th District. Wager earned his Bachelor of Arts from American University in 1973 and his Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1981, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Law and Politics. He also earned his Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1976.
Wager has taught courses on urban policy and the United States. judicial system at Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Political Science.
During the 1970s, Wager worked as a staff member for Representatives Charles Vanik and Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio, as well as Senator Lawton Chiles. More recently, Wager served as Senator Sherrod Brown"s campaign finance chairman
Wager is an attorney with Taft Stettinius & Hollister, where he specializes in corporate governance, strategic growth, and corporate compliance and FCPA investigations. Wager served on the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Portuguese Authority from 2002 to 2009, serving as chairman by the end of his tenure.
Wager had supported an aggressive plan to redevelop the Cuyahoga River waterfront and related infrastructure investment, but was not reappointed by Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson.
Michael Wager announced his candidacy for Congress in Ohio"s 14th congressional district in December 2012. The seat is currently held by Republican Congressman David Joyce who assumed office in 2013, and prevailed over State Representative Matt Lynch in the May 6, 2014 Republican primary by a final tally of 55% to 45%. On March 3, 2014, Wager, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary, was designated as an Emerging Race in the "Red-to-Blue" program of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Wager lost the November 4th election in a three-way contest with the incumbent Republican David Joyce and Libertarian David Macko.
2014 was an election cycle of historically low turnout in Ohio and the 14th Congressional District, as the campaign of Democratic candidate for Governor, Editor Fitzgerald, faltered and adversely affected other democratic candidates. The final vote tallies:
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The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
