Bob Shamansky

Robert Norton Shamansky is a former Democratic party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

Shamansky ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1966 but lost to Republican incumbent Samuel L. Devine.

Fourteen years later, in 1980, Shamansky challenged Devine again. This time, Shamansky was successful in unseating the long-time incumbent Devine, becoming the first Democrat to win the District since 1937, and the only Democrat to beat an incumbent Republican Congressman that year. As a member of the 97th Congress, Shamansky served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (now the Committee on International Relations), and as a member of the Science and Technology Committee.

In 1982, after reapportionment, Shamansky was defeated in his bid for re-election by future Fox News Channel talk-show host John Kasich. In February 2006 Shamansky announced his intention to again run for the 12th District, facing Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) on November 7th.

A graduate of The Ohio State University, and Harvard Law School, Shamansky also served as a Special Agent in the United States Army's Counter Intelligence Corps.[1]

See also:
* Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 12th District
* List of United States Representatives from Ohio