Spokeswoman: Ohio attorney general feeling better

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine fell
ill while at a speaking engagement in Cincinnati and was expected to
remain in a hospital for observation Friday night after a bout of
vertigo, his office said.
DeWine, 67, was at a "First Friday"
luncheon of business and public policy leaders when he felt ill before
his scheduled talk, DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said.
An ambulance
took him from a downtown restaurant near Fountain Square to The Christ
Hospital for evaluation.
DeWine was feeling much better by Friday evening, said his spokeswoman, Lisa Hackley, in a written
statement.
She said DeWine was expected to be released Saturday.
"His wife Fran is with him and they want to express thanks to all who have passed along good
wishes," Hackley said.
Tierney said DeWine didn’t lose consciousness.
Hospital officials said they had no information to release on DeWine’s condition.
DeWine
was scheduled to speak Friday evening at a Lincoln Day dinner in
Delaware County. Also, the online Support Marriage Equality in Ohio
group planned a protest Friday in the Columbus suburb of Dublin against
DeWine’s defense of a statewide ban on gay marriage.
One of Ohio’s
most publicly visible officials, DeWine has made causes of fighting
human trafficking and prescription drug abuse and of cracking down on
violent offenders. He convened a special grand jury last year to
investigate possible other crimes related to the rape of a teenage girl
by two Steubenville High School football players, resulting in charges
against six people.
A Republican, he is seeking re-election in November. Cincinnati Democrat David Pepper is challenging him
for the office.
DeWine
is a former U.S. senator, U.S. representative, lieutenant governor and
state senator. After losing his U.S. Senate seat to Democrat Sherrod
Brown in 2006, DeWine ran successfully for attorney general in 2010
against incumbent Democrat Richard Cordray.
DeWine is a native of Greene County in western Ohio, where he was a prosecutor.
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AP Statehouse Correspondent Julie Carr Smyth and writer Ann Sanner contributed to this report from
Columbus.
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