Background
Boccieri was born in Youngstown where he graduated from Ursuline High School in 1988.
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Boccieri was born in Youngstown where he graduated from Ursuline High School in 1988.
He attended Saint Bonaventure University in New York, graduating with a Bachelor of Surgery in 1992, after which he played minor league baseball in the Frontier League.
He served as the United States. Representative for Ohio"s 16th congressional district from 2009 to 2011, and lost his 2010 bid for reelection to Republican Jim Renacci. Boccieri resides in Poland, Ohio. Following one season of baseball, he began his career in government.
He also earned two master"s degrees (Master of Arts 1992, Master of Public Administration 1996) from Webster University in Saint Louis, Missouri.
He has been forward deployed several times and served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, causing him to take leaves of absence from the Ohio Legislature. After leaving the active duty Air Force, he re-entered politics, running for and winning the 61st District of the Ohio House of Representatives in 2000.
There had been speculation throughout 2007 that Boccieri would challenge United States. Representative Ralph Regula to represent the 16th District in the United States. House, a seat Regula had held for 36 years. When Regula announced his retirement in late 2007, Boccieri faced an open field
He defeated State Legislator Mary Cirelli with 64% of the vote in the Democratic primary.
He faced and defeated State Senator Kirk Schuring in the general election. He was the first Democrat to represent this district in 58 years. On November 2, 2010, Boccieri lost his bid for a second term in Congress after being defeated by Republican businessman Jim Renacci.
He was defeated handily in an overwhelmingly Republican year.
Boccieri received only 40% of the vote, compared to 52% for Renacci (a Libertarian candidate took the remaining votes). On September 29, 2015 Boccieri was appointed to the Ohio House of Representatives, filling the 59th District vacancy caused by the resignation of Ron Gerberry.
He is a member of the Democratic Party, and previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. After working as staff for several members of the Ohio House of Representatives, Boccieri joined the United States Air Force as a second lieutenant. Boccieri flew the C-130 Hercules as a member of the Air Force Reserve.