Rob Burch (politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rob Burch

| image = Robert L. Burch - 30th District - Ohio Senate 116th General Assembly 1993-1994 - DPLA - f6883d0776f30f81b4c0ebe18e9c9587 (page 23) (cropped).jpg

| state_senate = Ohio

| district = 30th

| term_start = January 3, 1985

| term_end = December 31, 1996

| predecessor = Bill Ress

| successor = Greg DiDonato

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|9|30}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| education = Kent State University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

}}

Robert Leonard Burch Jr. (born September 30, 1949) is an American politician of the Democratic party.

In 1994, Burch, then an Ohio state senator, was the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor and he ran to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. George Voinovich. Burch's campaign was woefully underfunded against Voinovich's $8 million warchest and although he campaigned hard, his name never registered with the public and he was buried in the general election, winning only a quarter of the vote and joining his fellow Ohio Democrats in a series of defeats.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-X2j44h3d8IC&dq=rob+burch+ohio&pg=PA455|title=Ohio and Its People|last=Knepper|first=George W.|date=2003-01-01|publisher=Kent State University Press|isbn=9780873387910|language=en}}

In 1996 and 1998, Burch ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives (Ohio's 18th district), but lost to incumbent Republican Robert W. Ney both times.