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Joel Lieske is a professor of political science at Cleveland State University and running as a Republican for Ohio's 9th congressional district. A native of Worthington, Minn., he received his undergraduate degree in math and physics at what is now Valparaiso University in Indiana, a master’s degree in political science from the University of Maryland, and a doctoral degree in political science from the University of North Carolina. He’s been on the Cleveland State faculty since 1980. His wife, Karen Lieske, is a Bay Village council member and previously served on Bay Village school board. He is an ardent critic of international trade and what he believes are lax immigration policies that he said have undermined the manufacturing economy in the United States. He is one of the few Republicans across the country who supports same-sex marriage and abortion rights.
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