Robert Lucas (candidate)

'''Robert Lucas''' is an [[United States|American]] politician of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] party who was the party's 2004 nominee to challenge the long-term incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Rep.]] [[Sherrod Brown]], who had served since 1992. As expected, <ref name=ABJ1>"REPUBLICAN NEWCOMER EYES 13TH, ROBERT LUCAS LONG SHOT IN RACE AGAINST BETTER-FINANCED, VETERAN DEMOCRATIC REP. SHERROD BROWN" [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105B92C3B065816E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Akron Beacon Journal](OH) - October 12, 2004 </ref> He lost the general election decisively, receiving only one-third the votes. <ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10602F31D99377F4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Akron Beacon-Journal]</ref>

In 2004 Lucas was a resident of [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]]. A first-time candidate, he was employed at a telemarketing company. <ref name=ABJ1 />.

'''Republican party primary election results:''' <ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1011C220349EC939&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Akron Beacon-Journal] </ref>

{| table border="1" cellpadding="2"
! Candidate !! Votes !! Percentage
|-
| Robert Lucas || 15,900 || 59
|-
| [[Joe Ortega]] || 11,193 || 41
|}

'''General election results:'''

{| table border="1" cellpadding="2"
! Candidate !! Votes !! Percentage
|-
| Robert Lucas || 95,025 || 33
|-
| Sherrod Brown || 196,139 || 67
|}

See also:
* [[Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 13th District]]

==References==
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[[Category:People from Akron, Ohio]]
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