Steve Driehaus

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Driehaus, a 1984 graduate and class president of Elder High School in Cincinnati, studied political science at Miami University while earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988. He earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FC7B98BCB84ECF4&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0d0cb579a3bda420|title=Newcomers trying to replace Luebbers|access-date=December 17, 2008|date=November 1, 2000|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer}}{{cite web|url=http://www.democrats.org/page/dashboard/public/g3PQn|title=Steve Driehaus (registration required)|access-date=October 22, 2008|publisher=DNC Services Corporation}}{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=45110|title=Representative-elect Steven L. Driehaus (OH)|access-date=December 17, 2008|publisher=Project Vote Smart}}

He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal where he worked with village groups and local schools as a natural resource volunteer to promote sustainable environmental practices from 1988 to 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.dccc.org/content/races/oh_01|title=Ohio's 1st District|access-date=October 22, 2008|publisher=Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee|work=Red to Blue}}

Driehaus then served as Associate Director of the Center for International Education and Development Assistance at Indiana University. While serving in this role, he coordinated the South African Internship Program, which was sponsored by the United States Information Agency that is the largest professional exchange program between the United States and South Africa. He formerly directed and served as consultant to the Community Building Institute, a collaborative effort of Xavier University and United Way & Community Chest that promotes citizen-led, asset-based community development. He is a member of the Price Hill Civic Club and serves on the Board of Seton High School. He was a part-time political science instructor at Xavier University. He began his political career as an aide for Cincinnati City Council Member Todd Portune and former U.S. Rep. Charlie Luken in the 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB03EF227084412&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Dems tapping candidates for state seats|access-date=October 24, 2008|date=September 21, 1999|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Post|author=Ludlow, Randy}}

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Driehaus served four consecutive terms. He served as Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives from the beginning of his third term in January 2005 until he resigned from the position to be replaced by Fred Strahorn in December 2007 due to his campaign.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:DDNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11D83FB21FE30278&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Capital corridors|access-date=October 23, 2008|date=December 10, 2007|publisher=Newsbank|work=Dayton Daily News}}

Driehaus took a leadership role on issues such as election law and redistricting reform.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=112B49CF210DE230&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0d0cb579a3bda420|title=Drawing The Line, Fairly|access-date=December 17, 2008|date=July 5, 2006|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Post}} He took issue with information privacy in the state. {{Clarify|date=April 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E4D9173EF936A3575AC0A9649C8B63|title=Dirty Laundry, Online for All to See|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=September 5, 2002|work=The New York Times|author=Lee, Jennifer}}

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• Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade
• Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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• Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
• Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs

Driehaus was a centrist politician. The Cincinnati Enquirer named him legislative "Rookie of the Year" during his first term. In 2008, the ARC of Ohio and the Ohio Association of Election Officials named him Democratic Legislator of the Year. He had a reputation as an anti-abortion fiscal conservative.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiodems.org/site/c.mhLRKZPCLmF/b.4147149/|title=Steve Driehaus - (OH 1)|access-date=October 22, 2008|publisher=Ohio Democratic Party|work=OhioDems.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731010028/http://www.ohiodems.org/site/c.mhLRKZPCLmF/b.4147149|archive-date=July 31, 2008|url-status=dead}}

In 2000, Driehaus ran for the Ohio House of Representatives from the 33rd district, which at the time included Delhi Township, Price Hill, Sayler Park and other parts of western Hamilton County.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2000ElectionsResults/OHHouseReps11072000.aspx|title=Ohio House Of Representatives: November 7, 2000|access-date=October 24, 2008|year=2000|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|work=sos.state.oh.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627172935/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2000ElectionsResults/OHHouseReps11072000.aspx|archive-date=June 27, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB03F168279482A&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Driehaus a Candidate|access-date=October 24, 2008|date=November 20, 1999|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Post}}

The incumbent, Jerome Luebbers, had surrendered his seat due to term limits.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB18E9443312F6D&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Five races stem from term limits — GOP control challenged|access-date=October 27, 2008|date=September 15, 2000|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Post|author=Moloney, Sharon}} In the 2002 redistricting, Driehaus' district became the 31st district and surrendered many Republican constituents.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EEE21FADC165904&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=House districts to shift|access-date=October 27, 2008|date=September 29, 2001|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Post|author=Ludlow, Randy}}{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EF851F9B0A5A818&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Redrawing the Legislative Map|access-date=October 27, 2008|date=October 30, 2001|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Post}} Driehaus has served the 31st Ohio House of Representatives district, which has included wards 19–22, 25 & 26 of Cincinnati as well as Cheviot, Cleves, North Bend, and Addyston since the 2002 redistricting. This district is fully contained within Ohio's 1st congressional district. It is also (along with districts 32 and 33) part of Ohio Senate district 9, which encompasses the south central portion of Hamilton County.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiocathconf.org/L/eDistMaps.pdf|title=2002–2012 Ohio District Maps|access-date=October 22, 2008|year=2002|publisher=Secretary of State|author=Blackwell, J. Kenneth|author-link=Ken Blackwell}}

Driehaus did not have an opponent in any of his Democratic primaries,{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2000ElectionsResults/DemOhHouseReps03072000.aspx|title=Democratic Ohio House Of Representatives: March 7, 2000|access-date=October 24, 2008|year=2000|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|work=sos.state.oh.us}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2002Results/pdohrep.aspx|title=Democratic State Representative: Official Tabulation: May 7, 2002|access-date=October 24, 2008|year=2002|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|work=sos.state.oh.us}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2004ElectionsResults/04-0302DemOHReps.aspx|title=Democratic Ohio Representative: March 2, 2004|access-date=October 24, 2008|year=2004|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|work=sos.state.oh.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024000444/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2004ElectionsResults/04-0302DemOHReps.aspx|archive-date=October 24, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2006ElectionsResults/06-0502DemOHReps.aspx|title=Democratic Ohio House Of Representatives: May 2, 2006|access-date=October 24, 2008|year=2006|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|work=sos.state.oh.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024003914/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2006ElectionsResults/06-0502DemOHReps.aspx|archive-date=October 24, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2008ElectionResults/pdusrep.aspx|title=Democratic U.S. Congress: March 4, 2008|access-date=October 24, 2008|year=2008|publisher=Ohio Secretary of State|work=sos.state.oh.us|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023170217/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain/2008ElectionResults/pdusrep.aspx|archive-date=October 23, 2008}} and he earned at least 57% shares of the vote in each of his general elections for state legislature.

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Driehaus had been the choice of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to run in Ohio's 1st congressional district for the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections, but he decided to run for re-election in his Ohio House of Representatives seat.{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/democrats-call-driehaus-the-answer-to-dry-spell-against-rep.-steve-chabot-2007-05-17.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521075512/http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/democrats-call-driehaus-the-answer-to-dry-spell-against-rep.-steve-chabot-2007-05-17.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2007|title=Democrats call Driehaus the answer to dry spell against Rep. Steve Chabot|access-date=October 22, 2008|date=May 17, 2007|publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.|work=The Hill|author=Blake, Aaron}} He had been elected as the Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives, replacing Dale Miller for the beginning of the 2005 session, in a November 2004 vote after being reelected to his third term.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10676053E55E61EE&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Ohio House votes to require DNA tests for felons|access-date=October 23, 2008|date=November 18, 2004|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Plain Dealer|author= Fields, Reginald}}{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=31|title=Steven L. Driehaus, Member|access-date=October 23, 2008|publisher=Ohio House of Representatives|work=Member Details}} Driehaus survived his own challenge from Scott Gehring with a 2:1 victory margin in the 2006 election for his state house seat.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/05/03/cq_2674.html|title=Democrat Driehaus Targets Republican Chabot in Ohio House Race|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=May 3, 2007|work=The New York Times|author=Giroux, Greg}}

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Based on the 2000 and 2004 United States presidential elections, the district has voted 1% more Republican than the nation as a whole.{{cite web|url=http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/House/house_races.html|title=Hot House Races in 2008|access-date=October 22, 2008|work=electoral-vote.com}} The district is regarded as a Democratically shifting maturing suburban district that is expected to vote more city-like as it becomes more dense. The district was one of four Republican Ohio congressional seats that the party had targeted for takeover, but Chabot held off Cincinnati Councilman John Cranley by a 52% to 48% margin and the Republicans held on to three of the four seats.

File:20080721 Steve Driehaus outside Great American Ball Park.jpg on day of League of Conservation Voters endorsement (July 21, 2008)]]

{{See also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 1}}

Although Driehaus passed on the 2006 race, he began planning a run for the district in 2008 almost as soon as the 2006 election cycle ended. This was largely because he was barred from running for a fifth term in the state house.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/04/06/cq_2526.html|title=Murtha, Putnam PACs Pitch in Early to Aid Colleagues' Campaigns|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=April 6, 2007|work=The New York Times|author=Giroux, Greg}} Ohio's 1st district was very high on the target list for the Democrats in both 2006 and 2008.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/04/19/cq_2599.html|title=Democrats Trying Again for Three Ohio Seats That Eluded Them in 2006|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=April 19, 2007|work=The New York Times | first=Congressional|last=Quarterly}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070411/11housedems.htm|title=Democrats Optimistic on Midwest House Seats|access-date=October 29, 2008|date=April 11, 2007|publisher=U.S. News & World Report, L.P.|work=U.S. News & World Report|author=Brush, Silla|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524223237/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070411/11housedems.htm|archive-date=May 24, 2011}} Seven-term Republican incumbent Steve Chabot, elected in the Republican wave of 1994, had won the district consistently, but with varying margins. He had won the seat with less than 55% of the vote in four of his seven previous victories.

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In previous elections, the 1st congressional district was hotly contested. It narrowly favored Democratic Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and United States Senator Sherrod Brown in 2006; and United States President George W. Bush narrowly outpaced Democratic nominee John Kerry by just 1 percentage point in the 2004 United States presidential election. Driehaus was recruited for the race by Democratic party officials, and he received early contributions for this race from Nancy Pelosi, Steny H. Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, and Chris Van Hollen, that were included in his 2007 second quarter financial filings.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/07/13/cq_3081.html|title=CQPolitics Campaign Money Watch|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=July 13, 2007|work=The New York Times|first=Congressional|last=Quarterly}} From the time of the first official announcement on May 3, 2007, and first financial filing deadline on July 15, 2007, the race has been closely watched in the national media, and Time described it as one of the 15 Congressional races to watch in the 2008 election.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/07/16/cq_3097.html|title=U.S. House, 2008: Who Has Got the Money in the Midwest Races|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=July 16, 2007|work=The New York Times|first=Congressional|last=Quarterly}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1815495_1815420_1815413,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622121118/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1815495_1815420_1815413,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2008|title=Top 15 House and Senate Races to Watch: Ohio, 1st District|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=June 17, 2008|publisher=Time Inc.|magazine=Time|author=Downie, James and Marti Covington}} The DCCC has named the district's race as one of the thirteen that it is supporting in hopes of ousting a Republican incumbent in the 2008 United States House of Representatives elections.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2008/03/12/house-democrats-give-extra-help-to-13-challengers-to-gop-incumbents.html|title=House Democrats Give Extra Help to 13 Challengers to GOP Incumbents|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=March 12, 2008|publisher=U.S. News & World Report, L.P.|work=U.S. News & World Report|author=Skiba, Katherine}}

During the 2008 financial crisis, especially the subprime mortgage crisis, one of the issues in the race was the candidates stances on foreclosures.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/politics/09cong.html|title=G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress|access-date=October 21, 2008|date=October 8, 2008|work=The New York Times|author=Hulse, Carl and David M. Herszenhorn}} The race was considered to be close. As of October 14, 2008 (three weeks before election day), The Rothenberg Political Report considered the race to be a toss-up.{{cite web|url=http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-house-ratings.html|title=2008 House Ratings|access-date=October 22, 2008|date=October 14, 2008|work=The Rothenberg Political Report}} A poll by Survey USA indicated that African-American turnout would probably determine who won the race.[http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=1b9d8d99-bbbd-4d78-b8f7-70964ce21002 Survey USA poll of Ohio's 1st district], released September 22, 2008

Although a marginally Republican district, 27 percent of the district's voters are African-American — one of the highest percentages for a Republican-held district in the 109th Congress. The district includes nearly all of Cincinnati's African-American voters. In the November 4 election, Driehaus defeated incumbent Chabot with 52 percent of the vote, largely on the strength of a 16,000-vote margin in Hamilton County. Barack Obama carried the district with 55 percent of the vote. {{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio#District 1}}

Driehaus was challenged by Republican nominee and his predecessor, former U.S. Congressman Steve Chabot, as well as Libertarian nominee James Berns, and Green Party nominee Richard Stevenson.{{cite web|url=http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/02/06/chabot-to-challenge-driehaus-in-2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209001208/http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/02/06/chabot-to-challenge-driehaus-in-2010/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2009|title=Chabot to Challenge Driehaus in 2010|access-date=June 6, 2009|date=February 6, 2009|work=The Hill|author=Jacobs, Jeremy P.}} As Chabot was ahead in public opinion polls, the DCCC pulled its financial support for TV ads from the Driehaus campaign, indicating to NBC pundit Chuck Todd that they expected Driehaus to be defeated,{{cite web|url=http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/11/5272642-dems-pull-support-from-first-house-incumbent-this-cycle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014213743/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/11/5272642-dems-pull-support-from-first-house-incumbent-this-cycle|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2010|title=Dems pull support from first House incumbent this cycle|work=First Read at NBC|author=Chuck Todd|date=October 11, 2010}} which he was, 52% to 45%.{{cite web|url=http://www.kypost.com/dpps/news/political/elections_local/driehaus-concedes-to-chabot_5405544|title=Chabot defeats Driehaus in rematch|access-date=November 5, 2010|date=November 2, 2010|work=KYPost.com|author=O'Keefe, P.J.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wlwt.com/r/25615351/detail.html|title=Chabot Claims Victory; Driehaus Concedes: Chabot Vows To Repeal Health Care Reform|access-date=November 5, 2010|date=November 3, 2010|publisher=WLWT}} Until the inauguration of Greg Landsman, Driehaus was the last Democrat to have represented Cincinnati in Congress.

In October 2012 Driehaus filed a criminal complaint against the Susan B. Anthony List claiming the organization violated Ohio law against making false statements in a campaign advertisement. He later asked that the complaint be dropped. Driehaus later sued the List, claiming the group caused his "loss of livelihood" by "defaming" him by saying he supported taxpayer funded abortion due to his vote for the Affordable Care Act.[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/21547/rep-driehaus-files-defamation-lawsuit-over-sba-lists-abortion-funding-claims "Rep. Driehaus files defamation lawsuit over SBA List's abortion funding claims"], catholicnewsagency.com; accessed April 21, 2014. The case was decided in favor of the Susan B. Anthony List (Defendants) (805 F.Supp.2d 412 (2011)).

In March 2011, Driehaus was selected for an approximately two and a half years tenure as the Peace Corps' director of HIV and AIDS education in Eswatini. This follows on his prior African Peace Corps experience as a volunteer. His wife and three children moved along with him.{{cite web|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110324/NEWS01/303240017/Driehaus-moving-Africa|title=Driehaus moving to Africa|access-date=July 6, 2012|date=March 24, 2011|publisher=Cincinnati.com}} On June 29, 2011, he completed his staff training and was sworn in for service.{{cite web|url=http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1810|title=Nine New Peace Corps Country Directors Sworn In for Service|access-date=July 6, 2012|date=June 29, 2011|publisher=PeaceCorps.gov}}

Driehaus was raised in Green Township by H. Donald and Clare Driehaus, along with his seven siblings.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1236E0F70C1B5998&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0d0cb579a3bda420|title=Loyal Democrat H. Donald Driehaus helped revive once-moribund party|access-date=December 17, 2008|date=November 5, 2008|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|author=Goodman, Rebecca}} He lived with his (now ex) wife, Lucienne, in Price Hill, Cincinnati. They are congregants at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic parish.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FC803BB0EA29ABC&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0d0cb579a3bda420|title=Driehaus faces Ross in newly-created west-side district|access-date=December 17, 2008|date=October 30, 2002|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|author=O'Neill, Tom}} His father, Don Driehaus, is a former Hamilton County Democratic Party co-chairman.

He was succeeded in the Ohio House of Representatives by his sister Denise.{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12451024CAD5D590&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0d0cb579a3bda420|title=Ohio House of Representatives Roundup|access-date=December 17, 2008|date=November 5, 2008|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer}} Their father died on September 21, 2008, aged 75.

In 2018, Driehaus launched GoodGovernmentGroup, a consulting firm based in Cincinnati.{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/02/09/former-ohiocongressman-journalist-political.html|title=Former Ohio congressman, journalist, political adviser launch consulting firm|access-date=October 17, 2018|date=February 9, 2018|work=Cincinnati Business Courier}}

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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio

Category:American expatriates in Senegal

Category:Elder High School alumni

Category:21st-century members of the United States House of Representatives