- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Selling life,home, auto withAzinger-Fittro Insurance Agency
 - Education: He graduated from Hyles-Anderson Bible College and then seminary.
 - Mike Azinger was born and raised in the mid-Ohio Valley
 - He ran for Congress in 1998 against former Congressman Frank Cremeans, Lt. Gov. Nancy Hollister, and two other candidates.
 - As a newcomer to       politics in 1998, Mike surprised the political pundits by garnering an impressive 21% of the vote in a 5-person race.
 - In March 2000, Mike Azinger won the       Republican Primary against Athens City Auditor Jimmy Stewart.
 - Mike married his high school sweetheart, Jackie Derasmo. Jackie is a       flight attendant with American Airlines. The Azingers live in Marietta.
  
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