which she pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges; conspiracy and violation of election law. In 1992, her district was renumbered the 10th and redrawn to include more Republicans, though it was still solidly Democratic. Oakar withstood a challenge from Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan in the Democratic primary — Hagan had been endorsed by Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White — but lost to businessman Martin Hoke in the general election. She won a 1999 libel settlement against Cleveland's newspaper, The Plain Dealer after seven years in court. In April 1992 the Cleveland's Plain Dealer released articles alleging that Oakar was forced to resign from a congressional task force after the House banking scandal. The paper acknowledged that the eight-term Democrat "was rightfully upset that erroneous information" had been printed. Oakar unsuccessfully ran in the 2001 Cleveland Mayoral Primary and served a single term in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002. In November 2012, she was elected to a four-year term on the Ohio State Board of Education where she represents District 11 which encompasses Ohio Senate districts 21, 23 and 25. Personal In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Oakar's name and picture. Oakar served as president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) from 2003 through 2010. ADC describes itself as the largest Arab-American grassroots civil-rights organization in the U.S. See also List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes List of Arab and Middle-Eastern Americans in the United States Congress List of federal political scandals in the United States Women in the United States House of Representatives References External links Profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website |- |- 1940 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians American people of Syrian descent American politicians of Lebanese descent American politicians of Syrian descent Arab-American culture in Ohio Cleveland City Council members Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio Female members of the United States House of Representatives John Carroll University alumni Living people Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Middle Eastern Christians Ohio politicians convicted of crimes Women state legislators in Ohio Women city councillors in Ohio