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Bob Fitrakis

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Bob Fitrakis is a Professor of Political Science in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department at Columbus State Community College, as well as the Editor of The Free Press (freepress.org).

He has a Ph.D in Political Science from Wayne State University and a J.D. from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is the author of eight books and is an investigative reporter, through which he has won ten major investigative journalism awards including "Best Coverage of Politics in Ohio" from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists. He served as an international election observer in the 1994 presidential elections in El Salvador and was the co-author and editor of the report to the United Nations.

Dr. Fitrakis rose to national prominance during the U.S. presidential election, 2004 and related 2004 U.S. election voting controversies by calling the first public hearings on election irregularities in Ohio and by filing a challenge in the Ohio Supreme Court to Ohio's presidential election results in the cases Moss v. Bush and Moss v. Moyer with three other attorneys.

In 2006, Fitrakis is running for governor of Ohio on the Green Party Ticket.


Books Fitrakis has authored or co-authored

  • Did George W. Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? (with Harvey Wasserman and Steve Rosenfeld)
  • The Idea of Democratic Socialism in America and the Decline of the Socialist Party (as Robert J. Fitrakis)
  • The Brothers Voinovich and The Ohiogate Scandal
  • A Schoolhouse Divided
  • Spooks, Nukes and Nazis
  • Free Byrd & Other Cries for Justice
  • George W. Bush vs. The SuperPower of Peace (with Harvey Wasserman)
  • Imprison George W. Bush (with Harvey Wasserman)

BobforOhio.com