CAMPAIGN GALLERY

This is the famous airplane which got me in trouble with the Secret Service. I hired the plane to fly over the farm of Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Gene Branstool located in Utica, Ohio with a banner that read “Licking County is Bush Country.” The stop at the Branstool farm was the first stop after Bill Clinton’s nomination for President by the Democratic Party. Clinton was seriously delayed in his departure from the farm because the plane had to cleared from the airspace lest it pose a threat. President Bush personally intervened with the Secret Service for me and, thereafter, he and Mrs. Bush referred to me as the “airplane guy.”

Everything I have ever done, my entire family has always been present to support me. The current campaign is no exception. I don’t have to talk about family values – because I live those values every day with my amazing family. We are all very, very close.

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Picture from the floor of the 1992 Republican National Convention. I was privileged to have access to all parts of the Convention Floor, platform, and VIP areas. I will never forget the famous folks I bumped into: Arnold, Charlton Heston, Sonny Bono, Gerald McRaney, Connie Chung, Dan Rather, and so many others.

I am a student and lover of history. I met South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond at the 1992 Convention and he was gracious enough to carry on a conversation with me about his run for President on the Dixiecrats Ticket in the 1948 election against Harry S. Truman. I may not agree with his past segregationist views at all – but Thurmond was a legend and changed his mind about many things at the end of his life. We are all entitled to reflect back and change our minds about things with the wisdom that time and experience brings to us all.

By pure chance, I happened to be on the wooden stairs at the back of the platform at the 1992 Republican Presidential Convention in Houston, Texas when a limousine pulled up with obvious Secret Service protection. I had been conveying a written message from Robert Taft to the platform chairman. I was ordered to freeze in place on the steps by the Secret Service. Two Secret Service Agents literally carried President Reagan up the step wooden steps (there was no elevator) and when they got to my step, Mr. Reagan fell backward, and they almost dropped him. I reached out to steady him and he leaned into me and said, “Thank you young man.” It was the most thrilling moment of my entire political life.

My great grandfather and great uncles were all Ohio coal miners who died of Black Lung Disease. When I was in Poland they allowed me and several of my colleagues to go down into an active coal mine and see what it was like to work in that industry. Thy have no liability laws in Poland and so if you are stupid enough to go down into the and mine and it collapses – well you cannot sue anyone. You have only yourself to blame. I will never forget the small elevator that fits just two people squeezed together tightly and its descent into ever hotter temperatures. Hell must truly be in the center of the Earth. There was a partial coal vein collapse while were down at the extraction site which scared me to death. I could not see anything for about a half hour and I was told to just run in Polish and then in English. I told the coal miners that I was voting for a huge pay raise for each of them and that I needed to get to the surface.

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My mother Rebecca Jean Patton Drown is the love of my life. She is the best mother on earth and always front and center to help her children or grandchildren. Recently at the Republican Lincoln Day Dinner a certain employee of Coshocton Metropolitan Housing called me a derogatory name and my mother hit back pretty hard. Go Momma Drown don’t mess with her cubs – Lisa!

This is taken from the 2010 or 2012 campaign for Judge. Everything I have ever done, my entire family has always been present to support me. The current campaign is no exception. I don’t have to talk about family values – because I live those values every day with my amazing family. We are all very, very close.

Even my young nephews (now in high school) were part of the campaign in 2010 and 2012. I wish every child in American had such a strong family as my own.

I had dinner with William Bennett, former Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan at Miami University.

I was President of my Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes in high school. This picture shows my first college run for office as a Student Senator from Havighurst Hall at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. I later went on to become Senate President.

As a born-again Christian, I have great admiration for the religious right of the Republican Party, including a hero of mine – Jerry Falwell.

I met President Bush numerous times on the campaign trail and while doing advance for the White House in Ohio. I admired his long career and his dedication to America. He put his life on the line in World War II flying a light bomber and was shot down and almost captured by the Japanese. We owe him and all other service men from all conflicts a great big “Thank You.” Ironically, the one thing I remember about the President is that he was taller than me.

I had the high honor of running a message for former President Gerald Ford and Mrs. Ford during the convention. I also met Rush Limbaugh who was an absolute comedian of the first order. Rush loves jokes – just as much as Associate United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kenney – who taught my constitutional law class in law school.

I had the high honor and privilege to meet Pat Buchanan at the 1992 Convention.

I had the great honor and privilege to have dinner with William F. Buckley, who, along with Ohio Congressman John Ashbrook were President Ronald Reagan’s closest two advisors. I am endorsed by the living members of the family of Congressman John Ashbrook.

President and Mrs. Bush on the Whistle-stop tour. I was an White House advance team aide to the President.

I met Congressman Newt Gingrich during the Convention. Talk about a smart and amazing guy. His knowledge of history is more impressive than any of my professors in graduate school.

This is a picture of my two sisters Debbie and Tara and other friends protesting Bill Clintons visit to Utica, Ohio in the Fall of 1992. This is also the day when the airplane dive bombed the nearby Brantstool Farm.

I had the high honor and privilege to meet former Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes. My dad worked security for him in the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

I purchased the law practice of Attorney Robert F. Folland in 2000. Mr. Folland had been Law Director in Mt. Vernon when my dad was stationed here as a trooper in the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

President Carlos Menem from Argentina.

I was a political officer at the United States Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica. I wrote speeches for the Ambassador and assisted with drug eradication projects and a weapons buy-back program along the border with Nicaragua. A big earthquake in Costa Rica rocked my world and convinced me that maybe I should stay closer to home.

Whether you are Democrat or Republican, you must admire the courage of John Glenn who is an original American and Ohio hero. I met Senator Glenn when I was just 16 and I remember being disturbed at how he never had to pay back his campaign debt for President.

I was a campaign aide to Congressman John Boehner and was an early admirer of his. I remember putting on many campaign events for him and walking in parades and handling fundraisers. I also spoke on his behalf on occasion. John paid all of my expenses to get to and attend the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. I had no idea at the time that he would later become Speaker of the House of Representatives.

My great grandfather and great uncles were all Ohio coal miners who died of Black Lung Disease. When I was in Poland they allowed me and several of my colleagues to go down into an active coal mine and see what it was like to work in that industry. Thy have no liability laws in Poland and so if you are stupid enough to go down into the and mine and it collapses – well you cannot sue anyone. You have only yourself to blame. I will never forget the small elevator that fits just two people squeezed together tightly and its descent into ever hotter temperatures. Hell must truly be in the center of the Earth. There was a partial coal vein collapse while were down at the extraction site which scared me to death. I could not see anything for about a half hour and I was told to just run in Polish and then in English. I told the coal miners that I was voting for a huge pay raise for each of them and that I needed to get to the surface.

I was appointed by the United States Department of State under George H. W. Bush to work as a political officer in the United States Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica. This photo taken in front of the U.S. AID building and also features my embassy driver.

State of Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett and U.S. Congressman John Boehner sponsored me to work at the 1992 Republican National Convention.

My political ambitions started at the age of 16 when I met Ohio Congressman John Kasich.

This is a picture of a young Arnold Schwarzenegger whom I met at the 1992 Republican National Convention.

This is a picture of First-Lady Barbara Bush. A little known fact about her – is that she first met President George H.W. Bush at Miami University where I went to school.

I drove a support van for the Vice-President Dan Quayle. Funny story – there were many times when I had to leave reporters behind because they would dilly dally and try to snag food at some of the events. I loved leaving them behind. Fake News!

I was that State of Ohio Chairman for several years for the Ohio College Republicans.

I was a speaker at the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. I had the high honor and privilege to introduce His Excellency the President of Argentina, Carlos Menem.

This is a picture of me with State Republican Chairman Bob Bennett who was a stalwart Republican from this State. His nephew and I became good friends.

I was the campaign manager for Sally Southard who was the first woman and first Republican woman to run for Butler County Commission. I hate sexism and during the campaign, our opponent said that women in Butler Country were from Appalachia and would likely not support a female candidate for office because the kitchen was more appropriate location for them. Also pictured is my undergraduate advisor Jay Baird and my girlfriend, Michaelene Pleva.

My college friend Jane Jordan was well connected in the Republican Party. We both attended this event sponsored by Bob Taft who introduced us all to Skyline Chili at the 1992 Convention.

I have been a lawyer in Coshocton County, Ohio since 2002. My office crew consists of Brittany Howell, Stephanie Conrad, Sheryl Slaughter, and Anita Angelo (not pictured).

My dad is my hero. He has been at my side for every single event of my adult life, supporting me, encouraging me, and consoling me. The Good Lord has blessed me with two of the most amazing parents on the planet. My dad was the youngest Ohio State Highway Patrol Lieutenant in the State of Ohio and the first to go through the prison walls during the 1968 Ohio penitentiary riots. This picture is taken on election night 2010 when we were narrowly defeated by the current judge. Look at the raw emotion of both myself and my dad – it shows how strong our relationship is in ways that a thousand words could not describe.

This is a picture of myself and the nephew of Ohio Republican State Chairman Bob Bennett at the Republican National Convention in 1992.

My dad is my hero. He love driving his monster truck in the last campaign.

I have two amazing sisters Debbie and Tara and seven nieces of nephews. We all get together for family events and are extremely close. My sisters are the smartest best looking women in the world who take no prisoners if you get in their way.

This is a powerful image simply meant to convey that we are opposed to many of the plea bargains which the Court approves.

I met Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell at the 1992 Convention. I also knew Vice-President Dan Quayle and was often called on to assist with Airforce 2 events and drive a support van.

I was in attendance representing President Bush in the small audience during the Michigan Debate between himself, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot. The audience was staggered….a Bush person, a Clinton person, a Perot person. I got to go up to the platform after the debate and me all three men. I hopped the seats.

Solidarnosi (Solidarity in English) This was the coal miners and ship builders Union of Lech Walesa which brought down Polish Communism. I was in Poland in 1992 just after the wall came down.

I did White House Advance work in Ohio for the Bush/Quayle Team. I am proud of my work on the Ohio Whistle-stop tour which featured the actual train compartments used by former President Harry Truman during his own Whistle-stop tour.