[DOC] [TLE] Dennis Kucinich - Wikipedia [PAR] Dennis John Kucinich is an American politician. A former U.S. Representative 
from Ohio, ... From 1977 to 1979, Kucinich served as the 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
, Ohio, ... His father, a truck driver, was of Croat ancestry; his Irish American 
mother was ... On November 11, 2008, his youngest sister, Beth Ann Kucinich, 
also died. [DOC] [TLE] Kucinich's 'Nine Lives' Political Career Defined by Setbacks ... [PAR] Mar 8, 2012 ... Elected mayor in 1977 at age 31, Kucinich survived the recall effort, though he ... 
After Kucinich was elected to the Cleveland City Council at age 23 in 1969, ... 
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said ... The son of 
a truck driver who was often unemployed, Kucinich is the oldest of... [DOC] [TLE] Because He Was Right - Features - The Stranger [PAR] Oct 11, 2007 ... And most certainly not this particular vegan, Ohio congressman Dennis ... In that 
race, being the stubbornly populist son of a Cleveland truck driver played to his ... 
Because of this, under Kucinich's tenure as mayor, Cleveland .... It's also 
something the Kucinich campaign has learned to use to its advantage. [DOC] [TLE] Road to the White House: Kucinich's political history is one of survival [PAR] Dec 28, 2003 ... Political experience: Cleveland City Council, 1969-75; municipal court clerk, 
1976-77; mayor of Cleveland, 1977, 1979; Ohio state ... Kucinich was born in 
Cleveland, the son of a truck driver. ... Kucinich opposes the death penalty, and 
for most of his public career he was also an opponent of abortion. [DOC] [TLE] Undeterred, Kucinich keeps on - The Boston Globe - Boston.com [PAR] Dec 21, 2003 ... ... the card-carrying son of the Cleveland working class, and a mortal ... The man 
is even a vegan. ... His father, a Croatian truck driver, was often out of work, 
Kucinich said, and ... He was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1977, at age 31. ... 
Gary Walker, 54, a mason who attended the same event, also voted for... [DOC] [TLE] Power Parable for an Unlikely Crusade - The Washington Post [PAR] Jun 22, 2003 ... The banks were pressuring the city's young and diminutive mayor, ... at the 
University of Akron, said he suspects most Clevelanders still oppose it. ... It's one 
thing for former Vermont governor Howard Dean to oppose the ... The son of a 
truck driver, Kucinich likes to tell audiences that, .... You might also like:. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering the Past - The Stature & Statue of ... - Cool Cleveland [PAR] Jul 24, 2013 ... Johnson, a millionaire businessman and former Congressman, came ... 
Cleveland had lots of parks at the turn of the 20th century but it also had ... it is 
unlikely that one in ten thousand drivers who pass his image today, ... changed 
the manner in which they honored their native sons  and a few daughters. [DOC] [TLE] Maverick Democrat Kucinich Says Iraq War Is 'About Oil' - News ... [PAR] Feb 28, 2003 ... And, she said, the two of them keep to a vegan diet, which she adopted because 
of kosher laws. A former mayor of Cleveland  where he's remembered for 
plunging the city into ... Son of a truck driver and grandson of Croatian immigrants
, he's an ... Kucinich is also one of the leading doves on Capitol Hill. [DOC] [TLE] The King of Spin | News Lead | Cleveland Scene [PAR] Dec 5, 2007 ... He'd taken a lesson from former Mayor and Ohio Governor ... [DOC] [TLE] Candidates 2004 | List of famous people | Who2 [PAR] ... Member of Congress from Ohio since 1997 and former mayor of Cleveland (
1977-79). The son of a truck driver, Kucinich is something of a blue-collar 
intellectual in the Carl Sandburgmode; he also was the only vegetarian in the 
2004 campaign. ... (dropped out on 15 January 2004): A former U.S. senator from

Question: The son of a truck driver, this vegan is also a former mayor of Cleveland
Answer: Dennis Kucinich