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Kevin Coughlin is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Sherrod Brown. Coughlin is a former state senator from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He represented Summit County in the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2011. Prior to that he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001.
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