district residence state_senate succeeded birth_place party preceded term birth_date spouse article_title state name alma_mater
30th avon , sarasota , florida , malibu , california lake , ohio , south bend , indiana ohio greg didonato south bend , indiana , united states democratic bill ress january 3 , 1985 - december 31 , 1996 april 30 , 1946 -lrb- age 69 -rrb- jan burch rob burch -lrb- politician -rrb-
 ohio rob burch notre dame university -lrb- b.a. -rrb-
rob burch -lrb- politician -rrb-

robert l. burch jr. 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 .
in 1996 and 1998 , burch ran for a seat in the united states house of representatives -lrb- ohio 's 18th district -rrb- , but lost to incumbent republican robert w. ney both times .
