Pat DeWine is an American attorney and jurist serving as the associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 2017.
He is also a politician, following his father, Mike DeWine, the Governor of Ohio. He was born Richard Patrick Dewine on February 22, 1968, and is 54 years old.
In the current general election held on November 8, 2022, he is set to go head-to-head against the Democratic Party candidate Marilyn Zayas. Likewise, his father, Mike, is running against Democratic Party candidate Nan Whaley for the Governor of Ohio.
He served as a member of the Cincinnati City Council, first elected in 1999. He got reelected in 2001 and 2003 and later resigned from the council to sit on the Hamilton County Commission.
Is Pat DeWine Related To Governor Mike DeWine?
Yes, Pat DeWine is related to Governor Mike DeWine. He is the oldest son of the current Ohio Governor and Frances Struewing.
Mike DeWine is the former U.S. Senator elected from the state of Ohio on January 3, 1995, and served for 12 years until January 3, 2007. He was preceded by Howard Metzenbaum in the post and was succeeded by Sherrod Brown.
In 1994, he defeated prominent attorney Joel Hyatt by a 14-point margin in a tight race. In the 2000 election, Mike defeated Ronald Dickson and former U.S. Rep. Frank Cremeans in the primary election. He later defeated Ted Celeste in the general election to be reelected as the US Senator.
He sat on the Senate Judiciary and Select Intelligence committees and was the initial sponsor of the Drug-Free Century Act in 1999. In addition, he voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution in 2002 to authorize the use of force against Saddam Hussein.
In the 2006 US Senate election in Ohio, Mike lost to U.S. Representative and former Ohio Secretary of State Sherrod Brown by double digits. His 2006 votes were 905,644 fewer than the 2000 figure.
He also served as the Ohio Attorney General from January 10, 2011, to January 14, 2019, when John Kasich was the Governor. He has succeeded Kasich as the Governor of Ohio since January 14, 2019, and is the incumbent.
In the current race for the Ohio Governor, set to be held on November 8, Mike is pitted against the Democratic Party representative Nan Whaley. The election is set to be a tight and interesting one.
Pat DeWine's Family Background
Pat DeWine was born on February 22, 1968, and is currently 54 years old. He was raised in the Mount Lookout neighborhood of Cincinnati.
He is the oldest among eight siblings, born to Governor Mike DeWine and Frances Struewing. Unfortunately, there is not much information about his siblings and early childhood.
He earned his Bachelor's degree in Arts from Miami University, graduated in 1994 with a different grade from the University of Michigan Law School, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.
His father, Mike, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio, to Richard Lee DeWine and Jean Ruth (Liddle). He is of Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic.
He went to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree. After graduation, he attended Ohio Northern University College of Law and graduated in 1972 with a Juris Doctor.
Pat DeWine's Wife - Who Is He Married To?
Pat DeWine has been married twice and is the father of three children.
He was married to his first wife for some years and had three sons with her. He left his first wife for another woman when his third son was born.
The couple divorced in 2004, and the issue surfaced publicly during Pat's 2005 congressional campaign, which he ultimately lost to Jean Schmidt. DeWine married his second wife, Rhonda DeWine, in December 2010 in Cincinnati. Rhonda is a mother of two children from her previous marriage.
However, in August 2019, Rhonda filed for divorce from Pat for him being "guilty of adultery, extreme cruelty, and gross neglect of duty." She sought $5,000 per month in alimony, provided Pat continued to pay the bill.
Pat DeWine's Net Worth In 2022
Pat DeWine is an American attorney from Ohio who has a net worth of $10 million.
His primary source of income is his career as an attorney and a politician. In addition, he served as the Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals from the 1st district from February 2013 to January 2017.
Since 2017, he has been the Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. In the November 8, 2022, general election for Ohio Supreme Court, he is running against the Democratic Party candidate Marilyn Zayas.
During the divorce filing between Pat and his second wife Rhonda, his annual income was estimated to be $253,564 – $172,200 from his job as a justice and $17,444 more from interest and dividends. He also earns interest and dividends from two family businesses: DeWine Enterprises and Ohio Twine Co.
He is on Twitter as @patdewine and has over 2200 followers. His father, Mike, has over 143K followers on his Twitter @MikeDeWine.
