Ex-con disqualified from Congress comeback

By doris | Published: July 7, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Former Ohio U.S. Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison because he did not turn in enough valid petition signatures to make the fall ballot, a county elections official said Tuesday.

The colorful Traficant, who represented the Youngstown area of northeast Ohio as a Democrat in Congress for nearly two decades before being convicted in a corruption case, plans to appeal, an adviser said.

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  1. Tori Ames
    Posted January 10, 2012 at 6:24 pm | Permalink

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