Fred L. Dailey (born 1946) is a former director of the
Ohio Department of Agriculture, and was the
Republican nominee for
U.S. Congress
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in
Ohio's 18th congressional district
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. He lost the November 2008 general election by a 40.21%-59.79% margi
to
Democratic Party (United States), Democratic incumbent
Zack Space.
Fred Dailey was appointed director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture by Governor
George Voinovich in 1991, and served in this position for 16 years, making him the longest serving Agriculture Director in Ohio history.
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From 1975 to 1981, Dailey served as director of the
Indiana
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Division of Agriculture, and from 1982 to 1991 he served as executive vice president of the Ohio Beef Council and executive secretary of the Ohio Cattlemen's Association.
[ Dailey is a former president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.][ In 2003 Dailey was appointed chairman of the ]Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
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.Ball State University
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, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Fred Dailey served with the 101st Airborne Division
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in the Vietnam War
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. Dailey is also a former rodeo cowboy and a mountaineer.
Political Views
Dailey describes himself as "Pro-Family, Pro-Life, Pro-Second Amendment, Pro-Worker, Pro-Business, Pro-Family Farmer, Pro-Defense and Pro-America." He is opposed to the estate tax
International tax law distinguishes between an estate tax and an inheritance tax. An inheritance tax is a tax paid by a person who inherits money or property of a person who has died, whereas an estate tax is a levy on the estate (money and pr ...
and supports making the Bush tax cuts permanent.[http://www.daileyforcongress.com/issues.cfm#6 Dailey for Congress campaign site; issues page. Retrieved 5/09/08]
See also
* United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008#District 18
References
External links
Fred Dailey's campaign site
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1946 births
Living people
State cabinet secretaries of Ohio
Farmers from Ohio
Ohio Republicans
Anderson University (Indiana) alumni
Ball State University alumni
United States Army soldiers
American cattlemen