Rhine McLin
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Rhine Lana McLin (born October 1948) is an American Democratic politician from Ohio who served as the 54th mayor of Dayton, Ohio, from 2002 to 2010. McLin previously served as a member of both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly.
Education
Template:BLP unreferenced section McLin received her Bachelor of Arts degree 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.
Career
In 1988, when McLin's father, C. J. McLin, died, Rhine was appointed to serve the remainder of his term in the Ohio House of Representatives. She was then elected to the seat in 1990, and re-elected 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 as Minority Leader 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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.Template:Citation needed She is the third African American mayor of Dayton.Template:Citation needed Finally, in late 2005 she was the first African American woman to serve as head of the Ohio Democratic Party.Template:Citation needed
Since 2012, McLin has served as the Vice Chairwoman of the Ohio Democratic Party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In August 2012, McLin was mentioned as a possible candidate to fill the Ohio state representative seat vacated by Clayton Luckie, but she ultimately declined to run.<ref>"WDTN.com - Former Dayton mayor won't run for state rep". Template:Webarchive</ref>
References
External links
- Profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website
- Oral history interview from Bowling Green State University Library Archives from July 20, 2021
- Follow the Money - Rhine McLin
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- 1948 births
- African-American mayors in Ohio
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- Mayors of Dayton, Ohio
- Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- 21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly
- Democratic Party Ohio state senators
- Xavier University alumni
- Women mayors of places in Ohio
- Women state legislators in Ohio
- 21st-century American women politicians
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- 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly
- 21st-century mayors of places in Ohio